英语词汇“to run cunning”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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to run cunning.

a. Chiefly Coursing and Hunting. Of a hound, etc.: to display cunning and experience in the pursuit of quarry; spec. (a) to play a relatively passive role in a pursuit before moving decisively at an opportune moment; (b) to take a route to the quarry shorter than the proper trail. Now rare.

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1801 Sporting Mag. Dec. 114/1 Dogs that run cunning, or save themselves, will be sure to lose their match.

1874 G. F. Berkeley Fact against Fiction I. x. 297 To ‘run cunning’ means to wait on the dog matched against him; not to try conclusions of speed with his opponent, but to ‘lie by’ for ‘the turn,’ letting the other dog do all the work, and running on purpose second to him, for the desire of flinging in and catching the hare when ‘turned’.

1920 Bulletin (Sydney) 6 May 20/2 The alleged tame dingo..is a heartbreak to the shepherd. He will ‘run cunning’ when sent round the flock, cutting off a ‘wing’ of the sheep, which is disastrous to the drover.

1950 Time 27 Nov. Still others [sc. hounds] were thrown out [of the hunt] for ‘loafing’ (disinclination to hunt) and for ‘running cunning’ (failing to work the proper trail).

b. figurative and in figurative contexts. To use cunning, experience, or opportunism to achieve one's ends. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. iv. 71 Sir Mungo, to continue the simile, had long ago learned to run cunning, and make sure of mouthing his game.

1888 Times 25 July 8/4 The advisers of the plaintiff, instead of putting their whole case, tried to run cunning.

1916 Living Age 23 Dec. 729/1 Now I must run cunning and name no names.

单词	to run cunning
释义	> as lemmas to run cunning Phrases to run cunning. a. Chiefly Coursing and Hunting. Of a hound, etc.: to display cunning and experience in the pursuit of quarry; spec. (a) to play a relatively passive role in a pursuit before moving decisively at an opportune moment; (b) to take a route to the quarry shorter than the proper trail. Now rare. ΚΠ 1801 Sporting Mag. Dec. 114/1 Dogs that run cunning, or save themselves, will be sure to lose their match. 1874 G. F. Berkeley Fact against Fiction I. x. 297 To ‘run cunning’ means to wait on the dog matched against him; not to try conclusions of speed with his opponent, but to ‘lie by’ for ‘the turn,’ letting the other dog do all the work, and running on purpose second to him, for the desire of flinging in and catching the hare when ‘turned’. 1920 Bulletin (Sydney) 6 May 20/2 The alleged tame dingo..is a heartbreak to the shepherd. He will ‘run cunning’ when sent round the flock, cutting off a ‘wing’ of the sheep, which is disastrous to the drover. 1950 Time 27 Nov. Still others [sc. hounds] were thrown out [of the hunt] for ‘loafing’ (disinclination to hunt) and for ‘running cunning’ (failing to work the proper trail). b. figurative and in figurative contexts. To use cunning, experience, or opportunism to achieve one's ends. Now rare. ΚΠ 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. iv. 71 Sir Mungo, to continue the simile, had long ago learned to run cunning, and make sure of mouthing his game. 1888 Times 25 July 8/4 The advisers of the plaintiff, instead of putting their whole case, tried to run cunning. 1916 Living Age 23 Dec. 729/1 Now I must run cunning and name no names. extracted from cunningadj. < as lemmas
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