单词 | to shake off |
释义 | > as lemmasto shake off to shake off 1. To cast off or get rid of with a shake or an effort. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > by shaking to shake out?c1225 forshakea1300 overshakec1330 to shake off1393 off-shake1576 shog1949 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 13 Repente þe,..And shryf þe sharpliche and shak of alle pruyde. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Mark vi. 11 Shake of the duste from your feet. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 42v Through the onely..eating hereof, they shake off many sicknesses. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 241 A witherd Hermight fiuescore winters worne, Might shake off fiftie, looking in her eye. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Mark vi. 11. 1642 J. Eaton Honey-combe Free Justific. 366 Having shaken off our sinne (as Sampson had shaked off his new ropes). 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 409 I..Might easily have shook off all her snares. View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella (1948) 11 Jan. II. 461 I walkt lustily in the Park by moon-shine till eight, to shake off my dinner and wine. 1719 J. Ozell tr. F. M. Misson Mem. Trav. Eng. 26 Then the Bull bellows and bounds, and kicks about to shake off the Dog. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 365 The most industrious shake off their old garments about eight o'clock. 1827 N. P. Willis Widow of Nain 18 The sentinel Shook off his slumber. 1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire vi. 121 Poland, once tributary, had shaken off the yoke. 1888 J. Payn Myst. Mirbridge III. xlvii. 223 I know from experience how difficult it is to shake off old associations. 2. To get rid of (a person); to draw away from (a competitor in a race). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > get or be rid of > specifically a person to shake off1530 unload1576 to shift offc1592 exonerate1614 shift1615 shab1677 purge1873 defenestrate1917 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > race (a race) [verb (transitive)] > leave behind to shake off1856 back-mark1890 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 700/2 I shake of, as one shaketh of or awaye from hym a person or mater that he wolde be rydde of. 1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxix. 34 Quhen he listis, he schaks hir of be diuorce or hir wirreis. 1590 Cobler of Caunterburie 24 I shakt him off as well as I could, but he would haue no nay at all. 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 9 Sept. (1948) I. 9 I am glad I have wholly shaken off that family. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. vi. 143 Exerting his strength, he suddenly shook off both the finishers of the law. 1856 H. H. Dixon Post & Paddock xiii. 324 ‘You thought to shake me off, did you?’ roared Mr. T. as they landed together in a large grass field. 1878 Ld. Tennyson Revenge viii And a dozen times we shook 'em off as a dog that shakes his ears. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > fire (a missile) from gun to shake off1583 fire1598 to fire off1731 poop1917 squeeze1956 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iv. 32 a Either parte shooke of their shotte, and coupled them selues tegether in a braue Skirmishe. 4. Of a plant: To shed (leaves, fruit). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > grow, sprout, or bear fruit [verb (transitive)] > shed leaves, flowers, or fruit to shake offa1425 fall1510 shed1598 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xxiv. 13 If a fewe fruitis of olyue trees that ben left ben schakun of fro the olyue tre. a1577 G. Gascoigne Princelie Pleasures Kenelworth sig. C.iiii, in Whole Wks. (1587) The Trees shooke off their leaues. 5. Nautical. To unfasten (a sail). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > strike or take in (sails) strikea1300 main1517 hand1625 douse1626 to shake off1627 muzzle1883 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 22 When we shake off a Bonnet. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) To shake, to cast off fastenings, as..To shake off a bonnet of a fore-and-aft sail. < as lemmas |
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