英语词汇“to take to one's legs”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

l. to take (also †betake) (†oneself) to one's legs: to run away, flee; (more generally) to run. Formerly also †to take leg. Cf. to take to one's heels at heel n.¹ and int. Phrases 2d(b).

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > run away or flee

fleec825

afleeeOE

atrina1000

atfleec1000

to run awayOE

to turn to or into flighta1225

to turn the ridgec1225

atrenc1275

atshakec1275

to give backa1300

flemec1300

startc1330

to take (on oneself) the flighta1500

to take the back upon oneselfa1500

fly1523

to take (also betake) (oneself) to one's legs1530

to flee one's way1535

to take to one's heels1548

flought?1567

fuge1573

to turn taila1586

to run off1628

to take flighta1639

refugea1641

to run for it1642

to take leg1740

to give (also take) leg-bail1751

bail1775

sherry1788

to pull foot1792

fugitate1830

to tail off (out)1830

to take to flight1840

to break (strike, etc.) for (the) tall timber1845

guy1879

to give leg (or legs)1883

rabbit1887

to do a guy1889

high-tail1908

to have it on one's toes1958

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 749/1 I take me to my legges, I flye a waye, je me mets en fuyte.

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 34 Come knock and enter, and no sooner in, But euery man betake him to his legs.

1635 L. Foxe North-west Fox 25 He presently tooke to his legges and runne away.

1740 L. Whyte Poems 94 Ralph thus involv'd in Debt took Leg.

1854 H. A. Stern Dawnings Light in East i. 4 The driver, dreading the whip which I held in my hand, betook himself to his legs, and was off in an instant.

1861 H. A. Jacobs Incidents Life Slave Girl iv. 17 [He] was a perfect coward when a tussle ensued between him and white boys of his own size. On such occasions he always took to his legs.

1887 F. E. Brooks in W. T. Ross Voice Culture & Elocution (rev. ed.) 248 On either side the fat hens take leg, While others announce a new-laid egg.

1936 Manch. Guardian 4 May 13/6 The younger enthusiasts took to their legs and ran with the procession along Portland Street.

2000 J. Tulloch Season Ticket iii. 70 They ran through the pouring rain, two of them falling, but immediately picking themselves up again and taking to their legs.

单词	to take to one's legs
释义	> as lemmas to take (also †betake) (†oneself) to one's legs l. to take (also †betake) (†oneself) to one's legs: to run away, flee; (more generally) to run. Formerly also †to take leg. Cf. to take to one's heels at heel n.¹ and int. Phrases 2d(b). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > run away or flee fleec825 afleeeOE atrina1000 atfleec1000 to run awayOE to turn to or into flighta1225 to turn the ridgec1225 atrenc1275 atshakec1275 to give backa1300 flemec1300 startc1330 to take (on oneself) the flighta1500 to take the back upon oneselfa1500 fly1523 to take (also betake) (oneself) to one's legs1530 to flee one's way1535 to take to one's heels1548 flought?1567 fuge1573 to turn taila1586 to run off1628 to take flighta1639 refugea1641 to run for it1642 to take leg1740 to give (also take) leg-bail1751 bail1775 sherry1788 to pull foot1792 fugitate1830 to tail off (out)1830 to take to flight1840 to break (strike, etc.) for (the) tall timber1845 guy1879 to give leg (or legs)1883 rabbit1887 to do a guy1889 high-tail1908 to have it on one's toes1958 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 749/1 I take me to my legges, I flye a waye, je me mets en fuyte. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 34 Come knock and enter, and no sooner in, But euery man betake him to his legs. View more context for this quotation 1635 L. Foxe North-west Fox 25 He presently tooke to his legges and runne away. 1740 L. Whyte Poems 94 Ralph thus involv'd in Debt took Leg. 1854 H. A. Stern Dawnings Light in East i. 4 The driver, dreading the whip which I held in my hand, betook himself to his legs, and was off in an instant. 1861 H. A. Jacobs Incidents Life Slave Girl iv. 17 [He] was a perfect coward when a tussle ensued between him and white boys of his own size. On such occasions he always took to his legs. 1887 F. E. Brooks in W. T. Ross Voice Culture & Elocution (rev. ed.) 248 On either side the fat hens take leg, While others announce a new-laid egg. 1936 Manch. Guardian 4 May 13/6 The younger enthusiasts took to their legs and ran with the procession along Portland Street. 2000 J. Tulloch Season Ticket iii. 70 They ran through the pouring rain, two of them falling, but immediately picking themselves up again and taking to their legs. extracted from legn. < as lemmas
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