| 释义 |
bowstring, v.|ˈbəʊstrɪŋ|
[f. prec. n. The pa. tense and pple. ought to be bowstringed, but bowstrung is also found, from the vb. to string.]
trans. To strangle with a bow-string.
1803Edin. Rev. I. 359 The vizier who commands a vanquished army..is generally bowstringed. 1840Poe Wks. 1864 I. 132 It was high time for her to get up and be bow⁓strung. 1884Graphic 23 Aug. 204/2 He took his bow and bowstrung him.
Hence ˈbowstringer and ˈbowstrung ppl. a.
1820Byron Juan v. cxlvii, His lately bowstrung brother caused his rise. 1839Stonehouse Axholme 426 The first settler was chief of the bow stringers who attended his [the Conqueror's] army. |