| 单词 | to throw back |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto throw back to throw back 1. transitive. a. (a) To cast or hurl (something) in the reverse direction. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > again or back retoss1549 to throw back1561 recast1585 reflirt1652 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 114 That which they go about to throwe against vs, we thus throwe backe against themselues. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. vi. xii. 193 Wee throw backe the corne into the mill, which hath scaped grinding. 1681 F. Fullwood Dial. Philautus & Timotheus xiv. 28 Though I have lost my weapons.., I have some stones to throw back at my Enemy. 1712 Acct. Damnable Prizes Old Nicks Lottery 37 He was no true Man that would not throw back the Lye given with Force. 1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom I. Pref. p. xxvi The earthy matter carried down by the floods..is thrown back upon the shores. 1816 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 3 Aug. 152/1 He did not extinguish the bomb-shell, but took it up and threw it back to burst amidst the phalanx of the enemy. 1911 H. S. Watson Sewerage Syst. xvii. 208 It will be necessary to employ an additional man to every excavator..to throw back the material from the edge of the trench. 1969 Washington Post 28 Nov. c5/7 Suddenly he threw the ball back and it landed right in my hands. (b) spec. To reflect or send back (light, sound, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > reflection > [verb (transitive)] rebounda1450 reflexc1536 reflect1555 return1557 repercuss1604 retort1609 refract1621 reverberate1638 to throw back1698 flash1716 to give back1831 glint1844 1698 L. Milbourne Psalms of David lxxii. 150 Before reflecting Streams, Threw back the Sun's first Infant-Beams. 1739 E. Carter tr. F. Algarotti Sir I. Newton's Philos. Explain'd I. iii. 220 A Matter very proper to throw back the Vibrations, reflect and multiply the Sound. 1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous i, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 221 The reflection of the evening sun, sometimes thrown back from pool or stream. 1890 E. Gerard & D. Gerard Sensitive Plant (1891) III. iii. xvi. 149 Each tall mirror threw back the image in the other. 1916 Observer 17 Sept. 3/2 This special glass throws back 47 per cent. of the Heat Rays. 2014 A. McQueen Under Jeweled Sky xxii. 237 His eyes fixed on the reflection thrown back at him from the shuttered window. b. To cast or pull (something) towards one's back, towards the rear, or away from the normal position. ΚΠ 1592 A. Munday tr. E. de Maisonneufve Gerileon of Englande: 2nd Pt. sig. L3 The knight.., hauing throwne backe his broken shield vpon his shoulder. ?1680 tr. M. Le Faucheur Ess. Action of Orator xiii. 194 There are others, that in speaking, thrust out the Belly, and throw back the Head. 1791 J. Purbeck William Thornborough II. vii. 103 He threw back the head of the phaeton, which had been put up to keep him from the rain. 1812 M. Edgeworth Vivian i, in Tales Fashionable Life IV. 13 She had..thrown back her head with disdain. 1859 Habits Good Society iii. 148 The frock-coat should be ample and loose, and a tall well-built man may throw it back. 1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman i. 8 A mane..of hazel colored hair is thrown back from an imposing brow. 2010 P. Murray Skippy Dies 329 With a sigh, he throws back the sheets and goes down to the kitchen. 2. transitive. To reduce to a former or inferior state or condition; to inflict a setback upon; to delay, make late; to retard or obstruct the progress of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > hinder or delay bestayc1330 tarry1340 delaya1393 to put aback1450 to pull backa1470 retard1490 tarde1524 retary1526 to throw back1562 forslow1570 backward1594 detain1600 to set back1600 slug1605 retardate1613 tardya1616 taigle?1635 backen1649 remore1652 remorate1657 to cast back1671 to hold up1887 to knock back1945 1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 25v Lest enuious foes by force despoyle our new delight, And vs throwe backe from happy state to more vnhappy plight. a1626 W. Rowley New Wonder (1632) v. 76 Mine Vncle by adoption, Who..hath..throwne me backe to poverty. 1648 T. Calvert in tr. M. Samuel Jew of Marocco Annot. xii. 178 There is great danger the Lord..should throw the world back againe into its ancient indigested Chaos of confusion. 1740 Ess. & Observ. (Dublin Soc.) 131 The neglect of a few Days may throw him back as many Months. 1789 J. Byng Diary 1 July in Torrington Diaries (1935) II. 118 I must needs ride up an hill to an encampment... This threw me back; so that I did not overtake P— till we came to Weedon-in-the-Street. 1839 Trans. Yorks. Agric. Soc. 2 45 I..am not thrown back in getting the land sown. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. vii. 114 That..parliamentary life which..the Norman Conquest threw back for many generations. 1933 Sat. Rev. 25 Mar. 278/2 The work is still at its beginning and may be thrown back terribly by the carelessness. 2003 N.Y. Times 5 Mar. (Metro section) b5/2 This is an estuary in recovery, and when you get an event of this size, it really throws that recovery back. 3. transitive. With on, upon. To compel to fall back on or resort to. Cf. to fall back on at fall v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > have recourse to [verb (transitive)] > when other things fail to throw back1656 to fall upon ——1767 to fall back on (also upon)1777 1656 N. Stephens Plain Calculation Name & Number of Beast 269 This..may be one mean to throw the world back again upon Visions, Dreams, and Revelations. 1752 Adventurer No. 7. 42 She was now again thrown back upon the world, still helpless. 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia xiii. 232 The government..would have been thrown back upon the bungling machinery of county committees for administration, till a convention could have been called. 1851 J. H. Newman Lect. Present Position Catholics Eng. Ded. p. iv The violence of our enemies has thrown us back upon ourselves and upon each other. 1892 Chambers's Jrnl. 4 June 355/2 If there is no comic boy.., we are thrown back upon Checkley. 1941 Irish Times 12 Feb. 4/3 One happy effect of this war is that it is throwing people back on themselves. They are learning to depend on one another. 2015 R. L. Harris My Autistic Awakening i. 2 From my earliest years, circumstance threw me back on my own resources. 4. intransitive. a. To revert to an ancestral type or characteristic. Also figurative. colloquial in early use. Cf. main sense 32b, throwback n. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [verb (intransitive)] > go back in time recourse1561 to go back1587 to run up1609 to put (also set, turn, etc.) back the clock1623 recedea1681 amount1714 to put (also set, turn, etc.) the clock back1745 remount1777 mount1788 retrograde1797 to throw back1855 1855 Poultry Chron. 3 540/2 The young of these birds are almost invariably what we term saddle-back—that is, they are far from white; the old ones ‘throw back.’ 1879 ‘Cavendish’ Card Ess. 63 ‘Throwing back’ more nearly..to the parent games, Poker..is invented. 1893 Standard 22 Apr. 4/3 In politics Lord Derby ‘threw back’ to the family creed of an earlier generation. 1911 J. Galsworthy Patrician ii. i. 176 He and his ideas throw back to the Middle Ages. 1976 P. White Let. 18 Sept. (1994) xiii. 482 You say you can see her ending up as a callgirl; she must be throwing back to her grandfather. 2006 Dogs Monthly July 18/1 In 1863,..a Deerhound breeder..noted that some of his stock threw back to the larger type of Irish Wolfhound. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [verb (intransitive)] > hark back (to) to throw back1892 1892 Sat. Rev. 28 May 635/1 His Metaphysic..begins with Kant, and only ‘throws back’ to Kant's forerunners. 1892 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 17 Sept. 39/2 An old hostelry that throws back nobody knows how many centuries..; throwing back three quarters of a century, a hundred men mustered here. 5. transitive. To drink (esp. alcoholic drink) quickly or in quantity. Cf. to throw down 12 at Phrasal verbs, to knock back 2 at knock v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > freely bibc1400 waught?a1513 quaff1558 swill1563 carouse1580 tipple1581 bibble1582 tun1589 bousea1612 tope1654 fuddle1756 demolish1864 to throw back1943 1943 Mass-Observ. Rep. Juvenile Drinking 15 Yes, of course I drink beer. You should have been at my brother's wedding, we didn't half throw it back. 1970 D. Maitland Only War we've Got viii. 194 They hustled the two sisters..into Mellow's top-floor apartment to find Mother and Fifi sitting on the settee throwing back Mellow's best bourbon. 1989 Toronto Star (Nexis) 20 Oct. d3 Cast and crew throw back 1,000 cups of coffee at every performance. 2016 Daily Record & Sunday Mail (Nexis) 5 Sept. 51 You can picture him soaking up the rays beside the hotel pool, while throwing back pints of San Miguel in his Union Jack shorts. < as lemmas |
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