| 单词 | to hang back |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hang back to hang back intransitive. To resist advance by one's weight or inertia; figurative to show unwillingness to advance or come forward; to be backward. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > be unwilling [verb (intransitive)] nillOE loathea1200 to make it tough1297 forthinka1300 reckc1300 ruea1400 to make (it) strangec1405 to make strangenessc1407 stick1418 resistc1425 to make (it) strange?1456 steek1478 tarrowc1480 doubt1483 sunyie1488 to make (it) nice1530 stay1533 shentc1540 to make courtesy (at)1542 to make it scrupulous1548 to think (it) much1548 to make dainty of (anything)1555 to lie aback1560 stand1563 steek1573 to hang back1581 erch1584 to make doubt1586 to hang the groin1587 to make scruple (also a, no, etc., scruple)1589 yearn1597 to hang the winga1601 to make squeamish1611 smay1632 bogglea1638 to hang off1641 waver1643 reluct1648 shy1650 reluctate1655 stickle1656 scruple1660 to make boggle1667 revere1689 begrudge1690 to have scruples1719 stopc1738 bitch1777 reprobate1779 crane1823 disincline1885 the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > be or become slow [verb (intransitive)] > be dilatory slowOE tarrya1375 linger1548 procrastinate1548 slackc1560 forslow1571 to hang back1581 to hang an (also the) arse1596 to hang fire1782 to be slow off the mark1972 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 110 So if hee hang backe, hee shall bee halled forward with honour. 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode ii. i Pr'ythee do not hang back so. 1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 81. ⁋4 Another, that hung back at the Entrance, and would have excused himself. 1819 J. W. Croker Let. 4 May in Croker Papers (1884) I. 123 Peel and Plunkett were hanging back, each unwilling to speak first. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton x. 140 The horses hanging back from the pole [of the phaeton] in this fashion. < as lemmas |
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