| 单词 | to let slip |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto let slip 28. to let slip (See also slip v.1 5.) extracted from letv.1 a. transitive. To unfasten what is tied; to loose (a knot). ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] unbindc950 undoc950 unleeseOE breaka1225 unfest?c1225 leesea1325 loosena1382 unloosea1382 loose1388 resolvea1398 unlace?c1400 unfastenc1440 unloosen?a1475 to let slip1526 unbrace?1526 diffibulatea1538 unframe1567 unclit1587 undight1590 unclip1598 unclenchc1600 unreeve1600 unlock1609 ungrapple1611 unquilt1611 abstringe1623 renode1623 unspan1648 unfast1684 disengage1780 undub1807 unclap1846 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke v. f. lxxxv Cary vs in to the depe, and lett slippe thy nett to make a draught. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 608/1 I lette slyppe a thyng that is tyed fast. b. To liberate, loose (a hound) from the leash in order to begin the chase. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > hunt with hounds [verb (transitive)] > release hounds uncouplec1330 to let slip1530 to cast off1602 decouple1602 unslip1611 slipa1616 unleash1671 to throw off1686 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 608/1 I let slyppe, as a hunter dothe his grayhoundes out of his leashe. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. iii. 272 Before the game is afoote thou still letst slip. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 276 Cry hauocke, and let slip the Dogges of Warre. View more context for this quotation 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 186/2 Let slip the Grey-hound. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 517 The cry..was that Nottingham had kept his bloodhounds in the leash, but that Trenchard had let them slip.] c. To allow to escape through carelessness; to miss (an opportunity). ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > have the opportunity [verb (intransitive)] > miss an opportunity to let slip1549 to miss of ——a1628 lose1632 1549 R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Ci Take hede bi time Let not slyppe thys occasion. 1611 Bible (King James) Heb. ii. 1 We ought to giue the more earnest heede to the things which we haue heard, lest at any time we should let them slip . View more context for this quotation 1637 J. Milton Comus 26 If you let slip time. 1730 G. Berkeley Let. in Wks. (1871) IV. 176 I would not let slip the opportunity of returning you an answer. 1776 T. Paine Common Sense iv. 72 Most Nations have let slip the opportunity. < as lemmas |
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