单词 | to hold on one's way or course |
释义 | > as lemmasto hold on one's way or course 24. To continue to go, keep going, go on, move on, proceed, continue, or make one's way. Now esp. to hold on one's way or course. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > go in a straight course [verb (intransitive)] > not deviate hold1508 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. aii*v The heynd knight at his haist held to the tovne. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 945 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 124 And Ilk fowle tuke ye flicht..Held hame to yar hant and yar herbery. 1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. Q But if they hold on head, And scorne to beare my yoke. 1627 J. Carter Plaine Expos. Serm. in Mount 124 It lyeth us in hand to hold on our way. 1743 J. Morris Serm. vii. 183 He held on his way from the city. 1793 R. Burns in G. Thomson Sel. Coll. Orig. Sc. Airs I. i. 2 Here awa, there awa, haud awa hame. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. xi. 242 We proceeded in a westerly course, and held up the lovely valley of Bakatla. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxxiv. 376 I've held on my course when better men than you have asked me to veil topsails. 1891 Field 24 Oct. 633/1 Instead of holding to Oakhill Wood, the pack bore to the right. 1892 Field 30 Jan. 153/1 The merry chase held forward up the hill. < as lemmas |
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