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

b. to touch and take.

(a) To take possession of whatever one touches or lays one's hands on. Also figurative. Now rare.In imperative frequently as a proverbial phrase or maxim.

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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum sig. S.vj./2 Lyme fingred, whyche wyll touche and take or carye awaye anye thynge they handle.

1635 R. Brathwait tr. M. Silesio Arcadian Princesse 88 Lime-twigs were Brusons hands, They were but touch and take.

1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester v. 77 What Piece soever of your own you touch or lift from the point whereon it standeth, you must play it..and into what house you set your Man there it must stand for that draught, according to the saying at this Game, Touch and take, out of hand and stand.

1805 Ld. Nelson Let. to J. D. Thomson 5 Sept. in Publ. Navy Rec. Soc. (1911) XXXIX. 395 The Enemy have a shoal of frigates with their fleet and other Small Vessels, which will take their Crippled Ships in Tow. My Motto shall be Touch and Take.

1845 Times 22 Mar. 4/4 The schoolroom rule of ‘touch and take’ is observed pretty generally by members of Parliament.

1996 C. Wallace Elbows off Table 24 I reached for a piece of zucchini and discovered that it bore a crescent of small tooth marks. Clearly he hadn't grasped the ‘touch and take’ principle.

†(b) To ignite or catch fire at the slightest touch. Chiefly figurative and in figurative context. Cf. take v. 35a. Obsolete. [Compare earlier touch-hole n., touch-powder n., touchwood n.]

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1612 J. White Eng. Paradise Discovered 24 They..are too often as wildfier, but touch and take.

1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life xxiii. 301 His own Lusts like dry tinder kindled presently..there was predisposed matter enough for the Devil to work on, so that it was but touch and take.

1793 T. Hastings Regal Rambler 40 Our hero laid in a large cargo of fresh fuel, ready to touch and take like phosphorus.

单词	to touch and take
释义	> as lemmas to touch and take b. to touch and take. (a) To take possession of whatever one touches or lays one's hands on. Also figurative. Now rare.In imperative frequently as a proverbial phrase or maxim. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum sig. S.vj./2 Lyme fingred, whyche wyll touche and take or carye awaye anye thynge they handle. 1635 R. Brathwait tr. M. Silesio Arcadian Princesse 88 Lime-twigs were Brusons hands, They were but touch and take. 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester v. 77 What Piece soever of your own you touch or lift from the point whereon it standeth, you must play it..and into what house you set your Man there it must stand for that draught, according to the saying at this Game, Touch and take, out of hand and stand. 1805 Ld. Nelson Let. to J. D. Thomson 5 Sept. in Publ. Navy Rec. Soc. (1911) XXXIX. 395 The Enemy have a shoal of frigates with their fleet and other Small Vessels, which will take their Crippled Ships in Tow. My Motto shall be Touch and Take. 1845 Times 22 Mar. 4/4 The schoolroom rule of ‘touch and take’ is observed pretty generally by members of Parliament. 1996 C. Wallace Elbows off Table 24 I reached for a piece of zucchini and discovered that it bore a crescent of small tooth marks. Clearly he hadn't grasped the ‘touch and take’ principle. †(b) To ignite or catch fire at the slightest touch. Chiefly figurative and in figurative context. Cf. take v. 35a. Obsolete. [Compare earlier touch-hole n., touch-powder n., touchwood n.] ΚΠ 1612 J. White Eng. Paradise Discovered 24 They..are too often as wildfier, but touch and take. 1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life xxiii. 301 His own Lusts like dry tinder kindled presently..there was predisposed matter enough for the Devil to work on, so that it was but touch and take. 1793 T. Hastings Regal Rambler 40 Our hero laid in a large cargo of fresh fuel, ready to touch and take like phosphorus. extracted from touchv. < as lemmas
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