| 释义 |
shepherdize, v. rare.|ˈʃɛpədaɪz|
[f. shepherd n. + -ize.]
intr. To act the part of the shepherd (or shepherdess); to pretend to lead the pastoral life.
1654Gayton Pleas. Notes ii. vi. 60 Though this life of Shepheardizing be out of fashion. 1773H. Walpole Let. to C'tess Upper Ossory 11 June, In the midst of this new prospect must I keep up the tone of the world, go shepherdizing with Maccaronies, sit up at loo with my Lady Hertford [etc.]. 1822Examiner 233/1 Sir W―m C―rt―s, despising the citizens, retreated into the forest, to shepherdize. 1846Blackw. Mag. LIX. 313 [They] sit alone, knit, shepherdise, and stare.
b. trans. To tend or guide as a shepherd.
1899S. L. Wilson Theol. Mod. Lit. 140 The mass of mankind are not just so many sheep which will tamely submit to be shepherdised by him, and coerced into the way chalked out for their feet. |