| 释义 |
underˈreach, v.
[under-1 4 a, 8 a.]
†1. trans. To stretch below. Obs.
1578Banister Hist. Man vii. 90 [The] Membran to all the ribbes..and to the whole brest bone vnderreached, and coueryng the bodyes of the Vertebres.
2. To entrap or defraud by stealth. rare—1.
a1652Brome Mad Couple ii. i, Your hopes are vaine..in seating mee here to overreach or underreach any body. |