| 单词 | to have in the wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have in the wind b. figurative. So as to be ‘scented’ or perceived (or so as to ‘scent’ or perceive something); to have in the wind, to ‘scent’, to detect or discover the presence of; sometimes, to be on the scent or trail of, be in search of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] seekc888 aseekc1000 i-secheOE huntc1175 to seek afterc1175 beseechc1200 fand?c1225 ofseche?c1225 to seek forc1250 atseekc1275 furiec1290 forseeka1300 outseekc1300 upseekc1315 to look after ——c1330 wait1340 laita1350 searchc1350 pursuea1382 ensearchc1384 to feel and findc1384 inseekc1384 looka1398 fraist?a1400 umseeka1400 require?c1400 walec1400 to look up1468 prowla1475 to see for ——c1485 to look for ——a1492 to have in the wind1540 sue1548 vent?1575 seek1616 explore1618 dacker1634 research1650 to see out for1683 quest1752 to see after ——1776 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > engaged in searching for [phrase] in the wind1540 in search of1563 on (also upon) the look1716 the world > space > place > presence > present [phrase] > so that the presence of something is perceived in the wind1540 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > detect > (as) by the wind to have in the wind1540 wind1583 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. iii. sig. Lj Where we can get any meate in the wynde, thyther wylle we resorte. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 21 Of him and none but him who in valuation is woorth 18. huge Argosees..haue I took sent or come in the wind of. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. vi. 115 I sent to her By this same Coxcombe that we haue i'th winde Tokens and Letters, which she did resend. View more context for this quotation 1628 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Paules-Crosse i. 60 The Courtiers and Officers lye in the wind for them. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 16 The first was noted for having a seaman's eye, when a bailiff was in the wind. 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. xiii. 200 The Mohicans hear an enemy!..They scent some danger in the wind! 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxv. 307 Mrs. Gamp..scenting no more rum in the wind (for the bottle was locked up again) rose to take her departure. < as lemmas |
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