| 单词 | to hold or keep short |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hold or keep (a person) short ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > keep ill-supplied to hold or keep (a person) shortc1425 strait1513 scant1565 starve1570 scantle1581 shorten1599 scant1600 scant1607 short1620 straiten1627 famish1667 limit1670 scrimp1691 under-furnish1694 stint1722 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)] > hold in check bridleOE tempera1050 chastec1230 to hold inc1300 straina1340 stintc1366 attemperc1380 restraina1387 rulea1391 ward1390 coarctc1400 obtemper?a1425 to hold or keep (a person) shortc1425 compesce1430 stent1488 coactc1520 repressa1525 compress1526 control1548 snaffle1555 temperatea1568 brank1574 halter1577 curb1588 shortena1599 to bear (a rein) upon1603 check1629 coerceate1657 bit1825 throttle1862 hold1901 society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > control with reins > keep tightly reined in to hold or keep (a person) short1792 c1425 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 1307 ‘Kepe hym short’, he seyde, ‘tyll hys lust be spent.’ 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur ix. xxx. 385 And euer sir tristram held them passynge shorte, and euer sir Bleoberys was passynge besy vpon syre Tristram. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 597/2 Lette men holde hym very shorte... If youth be nat kepte shorte it wyll be marred anone. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Cohibeo..to keepe shorte. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 12 The king helde them so short, that in processe of tyme they were faine to yelde. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) 131 b They perswade themselues, that if they doe not keepe them [their wives] short, they keep them not as they ought to doe. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique Table, sig. Mmm 7/2 Girles must be kept short. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 77 The time shall come wherein ye shall bee held short of all worldly comforts. 1669 J. Flavell Husbandry Spiritualized iii. iv. 216 Oxen for use are daily yoaked and kept short, whilst those that are designed for the shambles, are let loose in green pastures. 1792 W. Osbaldiston Brit. Sportsman 416 When your horse attempts to be vicious..hold him very short. < as lemmas |
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