| 单词 | to hold or have in leash |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hold or have in leash 4. figurative (with allusion to senses 1, 3); esp. in phrases, to hold or have in leash, to have control over, keep in bondage. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) bendc890 shacklea1000 bandc1175 bonda1325 aneus1360 warlockc1400 leashc1430 link?a1500 shackle1540 cramp-ring1567 locketa1643 restraint1650 pinion1733 manacle1838 span1856 society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > bring under control temec897 subdue1483 subjugate?1518 to hold or have in leash1564 school1579 to saddle and bridle1646 to grab (also take) by the balls1934 c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. xl. 195 She is prioresse, whiche leedeth alle þe cloystreres in les, bounden bi hondes and bi feet. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 36 Wrath ledeth shame in a lese. 1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 422 For God hathe them in lease. Yea..they are his slaues. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 466 What I was, I am: More straining on, for plucking backe; not following My leash vnwillingly. View more context for this quotation 1648 R. Boyle Seraphic Love (1700) xii. 62 The ravish'd Soul being shewn such Game as that, would hate so eagerly, that she would break those Leashes that tye her to the Body. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iv. i. 132 We lead along In leashes..The clouds that are heavy with love's sweet rain. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Love & Duty in Poems (new ed.) II. 85 Thy low voice,..would..hold passion in a leash. 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. ii. v. 93 His ministers Must lure, not drag in leash. 1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax II. ii. 40 It was easy to see..that, did he once slip the leash of his passions, it would go hard with Richard Brithwood. 1858 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VI. li. 24 The soldiers, long held in the leash..were eager to spring upon the foe. < as lemmas |
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