| 单词 | to mend one's pace |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto mend one's pace P3. transitive. to mend one's pace: to travel faster; (also) to adjust one's speed, esp. to match a companion, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (intransitive)] > increase speed to go betc1386 to mend one's pace1592 quicken1617 echea1644 accelerate1661 swiften1839 to step on the gas1916 to pull one's finger out1919 1592 Arden of Feversham iv. iv. 72 Come, Francklin, let vs strain to mend our pace. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 57 Your dull asse wil not mend his pace with beating. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 859 Justice Divine Mends not her slowest pace for prayers or cries. View more context for this quotation 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. xii. 268 As we came up to her, she mended her Pace, and falling into Discourse with our Ladies..she continued to travel on with us. View more context for this quotation 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 151 Judgment, however tardy, mends her pace When Obstinacy once has conquered Grace. 1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 442 Mr. Bubb ge-hupp'd in vain, and strove to jirk the rein, Nobbs..wouldn't mend his pace. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) vii, in Writings I. 66 He mended his pace, and..jerked the pony into a trot. 1911 J. Conrad Under Western Eyes i. iii. 71 He dared not say any more. Neither dared he mend his pace. 1962 I. Murdoch Unofficial Rose i. iv. 48 She slowed down, and Hugh mended his pace to hers. < as lemmas |
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