单词 | to miss a foot |
释义 | > as lemmasto miss a (also one's) foot b. transitive. Chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern). to miss a (also one's) foot: to miss one's footing. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > miss one's footing to miss a (also one's) foot1664 miss1665 1664 in G. Miege Relation of Three Embassies (1669) 196 That they who would not miss a foot at midnight thorough the very desarts of Tartary yet should lose their way in broad day-light within three or four miles of Mosco. 1774 Aberdeen Jrnl. 10 Jan. He unluckily missed a foot, fell down stairs, and fractured his skull. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 162 She..mist a fit, an' in the pool..she plumpet. 1831 R. Shennan Tales, Songs, & Misc. Poems 78 Near the linn he miss'd a fit and tumbl'd in. 1884 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 9 Oct. The deceased was sleeping upon a loft, which was approached by a steep ladder, and in the darkness of the morning he missed his foot and fell down. 1900 Shetland News 6 Oct. 7/2 He miss'd his fit an' sled doon ower da girse apon his left hench. 1901 Ann. Rep. Railroad Commissioners (Rhode Island) 1900 28 Michael Reagan..attempted to get on board moving train in Charles street yard, but missed his foot, fell and sprained his ankle. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 186/2 To miss one's foot, to slip or stumble. 1962 P. N. K. Bamzai Hist. Kashmir iii. 74 While crossing the Pir Panjal pass, an elephant missed his foot and tumbled down. < as lemmas |
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