| 单词 | to turn short |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto turn short (round) a. Abruptly, suddenly: esp. in phrase to turn short (round). ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb] > suddenly in a widden-dreamOE a sursaut1338 at a wapa1400 in a swing1487 on or upon a (or the) sudden1558 at a (orthe) sudden1562 in a sudden1562 of a sudden1570 short1579 overshort1587 on the starta1616 slap1672 swap1672 bob1673 souse1680 sharply1828 sharp1836 a-sudden1871 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 6v Dogs..drinke running [in the Nile], lest they be snapt short for a pray to Crocodiles. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 42 Finding That I had almost ouertooke him he turned short. 1666 London Gaz. No. 55/4 The wind coming short upon them off of Scheveling, they were forced to put back. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 360 Such Waggons as seldom have occasion to turn short, as Carriers Waggons, and such like. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. ii. 28 Bertram turned short round upon Glossin at the distance of two yards only. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xl. 166 ‘You catch me up so very short.’ ‘You will be caught up much shorter, my good friend—infinitely shorter—one of these days.’ 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men I. iv. 434 After a considerable pause, the Provost turned short round. < as lemmas |
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