| 单词 | to trick and trim |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto trick and trim ΘΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > adapt or adjust [verb (transitive)] > bring into conformity > adjust to a standard or purpose trick1552 just1558 tune1581 pitch1624 adjust1636 justen1659 trim1779 1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) at Caesaries Repexa caesaries, a busshe twise or thrise kemed and tricked. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Kiiv/2 To Trick, or trim, concinnare. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 798 Being not of authority..to take the sterne in hand, & gouerne the shippe, he tooke him selfe to tricking the sailes. 1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 206 He consumed so much time..in tricking and trimming his head. 1770 M. Bruce Elegy viii On the green furze..The linnet sits, and tricks his glossy plumes. 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama viii. 75 No human hand hath trick'd that mane From which he [sc. the steed] shakes the morning dew. < as lemmas |
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