单词 | to hit the trail |
释义 | > as lemmasto hit the trail (less commonly the grit, pike, road, etc.) a. with material object. Frequently in modern (esp. U.S.) colloquial use, to arrive at; also, to go to (a place), go upon (a course). to hit the trail (less commonly the grit, pike, road, etc.): to take the road, to get on the way, to go away. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive at or reach [verb (transitive)] to come toOE reachOE hita1075 ofreachlOE catchc1330 latchc1330 recovera1375 getc1390 henta1393 win?1473 fetch1589 to fetch up1589 obtain1589 attainc1592 make1610 gaina1616 arrive1647 advene1684 strike1798 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] findOE yfindOE hita1075 befindc1200 out-findc1300 to try outc1325 to find outa1375 to find upc1390 ascryc1400 outwryc1400 inventc1475 vent1611 to hit off1680 discover1762 to scare up1846 to pick up1869 rumble1897 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > set out forthfarec888 foundOE seta1000 to go forthOE to fare forthc1200 partc1230 to pass forthc1325 to take (the) gatec1330 to take the wayc1330 to take one's waya1375 puta1382 treunt?a1400 movec1400 depart1490 prepare?1518 to set forth1530 to set forward(s)1530 busklea1535 to make out1558 to take forth1568 to set out1583 sally1590 start1591 to go off1600 to put forth1604 to start outa1626 intend1646 to take the road1720 to take one's foot in one's hand1755 to set off1774 to get off1778 to set away1817 to take out1855 to haul out1866 to hit the trail (less commonly the grit, pike, road, etc.)1873 to hit, split or take the breeze1910 hop1922 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct (one's course, steps, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > be bound for or head for drawc1275 to-hieldc1275 roama1375 pretend1481 pursue1488 to make forth1508 to be in gate to1548 to make to ——a1568 to make unto ——1593 to be for1606 to set one's face for (from, to, towards)1611 steer1667 head1880 hit1889 a1075 OE. Chron. (MS. D.) anno 1066 Ða com Harold..on unwær on þa Normenn, and hytte hi begeondan Eoforwic, æt Steinford-brygge. a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. Dv Sayling Northwarde..wee shall hitte these Ilandes. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Giii v To hitte or ouertake, attaindre. 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 25 So farre out of the way..that they can hardly hit the right way againe to the..citie of God. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 81 The Entrance is so difficult to hit. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 138 Egad, I can't hit the Joint. 1797 Capt. Troubridge 25 July in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1845) II. 426 (note) From the darkness of the night I did not immediately hit the Mole, the spot appointed to land at. 1852 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 195 As soon as I knew where to hit you with a letter. 1873 W. F. Butler Wild North Land xviii. 208 In the morning ‘Twa-poos’, or the Three Thumbs, sets forth to look for a moose; he hits the trail and follows it. 1888 in Amer. Speech (1962) 37 76 Hit the grit, get going; get out of here. 1888 Detroit Free Press Oct. (Farmer) Professor Rose, who hit this town last spring, is around calling us a fugitive from justice. 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Hit the flat, to (cowboys), to go out on the prairies. 1893 P. H. Emerson On Eng. Lagoons xii. 40 I have been hitting the road something to get here quick. 1896 G. Ade Artie xiv. 127 ‘A little more weather like this and we'll be hittin' the park,’ he observed. 1897 Outing 30 374/1 Men can pass out the church door, shoulder their packs of general cussedness, and unconcernedly hit the trail to the lower [regions]. 1901 S. E. White Westerners i. 7 Thought you wasn't no tenderfoot. Ever hit the trail? 1904 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 25 June 6 The..convention, whose delegates were so summarily ordered to hit the pike by the national committee-men. 1907 R. W. Service Songs of Sourdough (1908) 65 It lies with thee—the choice is thine, is thine, To hit the ties or drive thy auto-car. 1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 73 Cut loose and hit the pike for yourself. 1918 C. E. Mulford Man from Bar-20 xiii. 131 I was a rich man until I hit town. 1925 P. G. Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves v. 126 Jimmy Mundy..has come to save New York from itself; to force it—in his picturesque phrase—to hit the trail. 1925 Z. A. Tilghman Dugout 70 I must hit the road. 1931 ‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route 207 Hitting the grit, to be forced off a fast moving train. 1932 T. S. Eliot Sweeney Agonistes 18 We hit this town last night for the first time. 1934 E. Linklater Magnus Merriman 82 Then I hit the pike for home. 1948 G. H. Johnston Death takes Small Bites ii. 54 Go down this corridor, up the stairway at the end, straight on until you hit the second court. 1950 T. Longstaff This my Voy. v. 97 So on May 31st Mumm and I hit the trail once more. 1973 Christian Sci. Monitor 14 Apr. B16/2 These two hit the road together, modern pilgrims making very little progress. < as lemmas |
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