英语词汇“to have by the ears”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(b) to have (also hold, take) by the ears: to keep or obtain a secure hold upon (a person or animal). Now chiefly figurative: to hold the attention of with captivating or incessant talk.Recorded earliest in to have or hold a wolf by the ears at wolf n. 10c.

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1555 R. Sherry Treat. Figures Gram. & Rhetorike f. 26 Paroemia, a saying much vsed..as, I holde the woulfe by the eares.

1573 G. Gascoigne tr. Ariosto Supposes i. iv, in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 12 You cracke halter, if I catche you by the eares, I shall make you answere me directly.

1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. E^v Eager to catch him, as a dogge to take a beare by the eares in Parrish-garden.

1631 T. Heywood Fair Maid of West: 1st Pt. iv. 44 Shall I strike that Captaine? say the word, Ile have him by the eares.

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 84 Which Countryes,..the Spaniard holds as a woulfe by the eare, fearing they should run away.

1726 H. Wanley Diary 16 Apr. (1966) II. 412 Mr. Noel came..and held me by the Ears, with his ratteling talk.

1781 W. Cowper Let. 5 Mar. (1979) I. 455 One would wish at first setting out to catch the public by the Ear and hold them by it as fast as possible.

1866 Galaxy 15 Aug. 737 Mr. Illersly..came back to the Island Lodge, and had Brompton Corners by the ears.

1924 Amer. Mercury Sept. 32/1 McAdoo, it was universally conceded, had the convention by the ear.

1941 J. Rice Diary 23 July in Sand in my Shoes (2006) 154 I pretty well had them by the ears and could get what I wanted out of them.

1949 D. Thomas Let. 11 Oct. (1987) 718 I am tangled in hack-work. Depression has me by the ears.

1991 New Yorker 11 Mar. 34/2 She who took tedium by the ears: non-forthcoming pickles, defiant-stretched-out lettuce, sauce-gooed particles.

单词	to have by the ears
释义	> as lemmas to have (also hold, take) by the ears (b) to have (also hold, take) by the ears: to keep or obtain a secure hold upon (a person or animal). Now chiefly figurative: to hold the attention of with captivating or incessant talk.Recorded earliest in to have or hold a wolf by the ears at wolf n. 10c. ΚΠ 1555 R. Sherry Treat. Figures Gram. & Rhetorike f. 26 Paroemia, a saying much vsed..as, I holde the woulfe by the eares. 1573 G. Gascoigne tr. Ariosto Supposes i. iv, in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 12 You cracke halter, if I catche you by the eares, I shall make you answere me directly. 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. E^v Eager to catch him, as a dogge to take a beare by the eares in Parrish-garden. 1631 T. Heywood Fair Maid of West: 1st Pt. iv. 44 Shall I strike that Captaine? say the word, Ile have him by the eares. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 84 Which Countryes,..the Spaniard holds as a woulfe by the eare, fearing they should run away. 1726 H. Wanley Diary 16 Apr. (1966) II. 412 Mr. Noel came..and held me by the Ears, with his ratteling talk. 1781 W. Cowper Let. 5 Mar. (1979) I. 455 One would wish at first setting out to catch the public by the Ear and hold them by it as fast as possible. 1866 Galaxy 15 Aug. 737 Mr. Illersly..came back to the Island Lodge, and had Brompton Corners by the ears. 1924 Amer. Mercury Sept. 32/1 McAdoo, it was universally conceded, had the convention by the ear. 1941 J. Rice Diary 23 July in Sand in my Shoes (2006) 154 I pretty well had them by the ears and could get what I wanted out of them. 1949 D. Thomas Let. 11 Oct. (1987) 718 I am tangled in hack-work. Depression has me by the ears. 1991 New Yorker 11 Mar. 34/2 She who took tedium by the ears: non-forthcoming pickles, defiant-stretched-out lettuce, sauce-gooed particles. extracted from earn.¹ < as lemmas
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