单词 | to try over |
释义 | > as lemmasto try over a. To test one's ability to deal with (something); to attempt to do, perform, or accomplish (an action); to venture upon, to essay. to try over, to go through (a performance, etc.) experimentally. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > attempt [verb (transitive)] fandOE assayc1300 tryc1315 provec1330 adventurea1387 sayc1390 paina1400 havec1400 practisea1450 afforcec1487 afond1488 attempta1538 procure1574 endeavour1581 offer1611 poacha1616 attent1620 to venture at1623 essay1641 attentate1656 smacka1657 tempt1697 to try at1794 to have a go1802 to make a (good, poor, etc.) fist1833 tackle1847 to have or take a whack at1891 to make (or have, etc.) a stab at (something)1895 to have a dash (at)1916 c1315 Shoreham i. 1290 Nou ich habbe of þe ferste yteld, Þat oþer wyl ich trye. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 152 Nixt that a turnament wes tryid, That lang befoir in hell wes cryid. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 83 b This little barke.., which neuer tryed the foming maine beforne. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 12 All kind of worke seemeth to be hard before we doe try it. 1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms ii. 489 The boat hath left the lonesome rock And tries the wave again. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 1st Ser. 176 Fancy a parody of Shakespeare... You might as well try it with the Venus of Melos. 1915 N.E.D. at Try Mod. I should like to try it over first. < as lemmas |
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