单词 | to ride the water on |
释义 | > as lemmasto ride the water on (also with) d. transitive. To ford or cross (a stream, river, etc.) on horseback. Also figurative in to ride the water on (also with): to trust or rely on (English regional (northern) and Scottish). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > traverse on horseback > specific water ridec1536 c1536 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hist. & Chron. Scotl. (1821) II. 176 This watter..micht not be riddin. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) ii. l. 1117 in Shorter Poems (1967) 72 We raid the swyft reuere Sparthiades. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 236 Thay..culd not ryd the water, being great. a1656 R. Gordon Geneal. Hist. Earldom of Sutherland (1813) 338 Haveing..interprysed to ryd that water on horsback. 1701 Chrons. Atholl & Tullabardine Families I. 489 All of them having rode a watter except De Tang, a Frenchman. 1774 D. Jones Jrnl. (1865) 18 Several ferries are kept on it, tho' it may frequently be rode in the summer season. 1790 W. Scott Let. 6 Aug. (1932) I. 12 The servant was waiting there with our horses, as we were to ride the water. 1824 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. May 559/2 His honour is not always sufficiently stable to ride the water on. 1896 E. Durh. Gloss. He's not safe to ride the water with. 1928 J. Buchan Montrose iv. 119 The very ford which Scott makes Marmion ride on the eve of Flodden. 1960 W. Harris Palace of Peacock vii. 74 To turn back now and ride the stream was to be swept so swiftly and unpredictably along we were bound to crash. 2007 R. H. Henry Bowden's South Pass Justice xix. 278 It looks like they don't want anyone else to know either or they wouldn't have rode the stream to cover their tracks. < as lemmas |
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