单词 | to hold one's water |
释义 | > as lemmasto hold one's water (a) to hold one's water: to be continent with regard to urination; to stop oneself from urinating involuntarily. Often in negative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > urinary system > urinate [verb (intransitive)] > retain urine to hold one's watera1500 a1500 Med. Recipes (Sloane 3153) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 81 (MED) For him þat mai not hold his water [L. retinere vrinam]. 1580 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Short Disc. Chirurg. sig. F.iij (heading) To helpe those that can-not hold their water. 1664 J. S. Παιδων Νοσηματα iii. xv. 140 Involuntary pissing, or not holding of the Water, in Children is more familiar to them then those that are elder, because Children are rather governed by their appetite then will. 1712 P. Woodman Medicus Novissimus 163 Children that could not hold their Water, but pissed a Bed every Night. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 31 Come ye broken Maids that..can never hold your Water. 1847 Jrnl. Health & Dis. Sept. 67 He was troubled with stone in the bladder: in travelling inside the stage..he wanted to get out at each stage to pass his water. The driver abused him: he held his water and died of ruptured bladder. 1920 Lancet 16 Oct. 792/1 The patient has complete control over the time of micturition; he can hold his water, but he cannot direct the stream of urine in a proper manner. 1991 R. R. McCammon Boys' Life i. iii. 35 I came very close to wetting my pants. Somehow I held my water, but it was a near thing. < as lemmas |
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