| 单词 | to set up one's throat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set up (also †out) one's throat b. to set up (also †out) one's throat and variants: to raise one's voice; to cry aloud; to speak, shout, etc., loudly or powerfully. Cf. to set out 7 at set v.1 Phrasal verbs 2, to set up 3 at set v.1 Phrasal verbs 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (intransitive)] chirmOE talec1275 rounda1325 cryc1384 shoutc1385 hallowc1420 roupa1425 glaster1513 hollo1542 yawl1542 to set up (also out) one's throat1548 vociferate1548 bawl1570 gape1579 hollo out?1602 holloa1666 to cry up1684 holler1699 halloo1709 belvea1794 parliament1893 foghorn1918 rort1931 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xxiii. f. clxxvii Where thei wer not able with euident profes to conuince him, and to get the ouerhande of hym, they set out the throte, and made an open outcry against hym. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. ix. 255 As lowd as ever he could set out a throate, maketh this challenge. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 114 The whole Rout Set up their throats, with clamorous shout. ?1790 A. Macdonald Laura I. xii. 186 Then set up her throat again with ‘Murder! Murder! help, good Christians!’. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. xi. 284 Dame Crank set up her throat, and began a horrible exclamation against Jack Hostler. 1888 Monthly Chron. North-Country Lore & Legend Mar. 124/2 Jean set up her throat in exclamations against this breach of hospitality. 1931 Times 22 Oct. 15/6 The robin..will habitually..set up his throat in song which sounds piercingly loud within four walls. < as lemmas |
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