| 单词 | to graze the shins of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto graze the shins of c. to cross shins: see cross v. 5a. to set out the shin (Scottish), to walk proudly. to graze the shins of, to come very near to. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > be proud [verb (intransitive)] > behave proudly swella1250 to make it stoutc1315 to bear oneself stout1338 bridlea1475 to make it prouda1500 strut1518 to set up one's bristles1529 strut?c1570 square1584 square1590 swagger1600 to take on1603 puff1633 fluster1698 to hold one's head high1707 crest1713 to set out the shin1719 straddle1802 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] > draw near to > come very near to to graze the shins of1847 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes M 1 I will crosse shinnes with him though euerie sentence of his were a thousande tunnes of discourses. 1645 Bp. J. Hall Remedy Discontentm. xxiv. 148 We must meet with rubs; and perhaps crosse shinnes, and make fals too. 1719 A. Ramsay 2nd Answer to Hamilton ix Set out the burnt side of your shin, For pride in poets is nae sin. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 298 But wi' a Lord!—stand out my shin! A Lord—a Peer—an Earl's son. 1847 T. De Quincey Joan of Arc in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 190/1 The mob of spectators might raise a scruple whether our friend the jackdaw upon the throne, and the Dauphin himself, were not grazing the shins of treason. < as lemmas |
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