单词 | carrier away |
释义 | > as lemmascarrier away C1. With adverbs, forming compound agent nouns corresponding to phrasal verbs at carry v., as in carrier away, carrier on, carrier out, etc. (see carry v. Phrasal verbs). ΚΠ 1547 S. Gardiner Let. 14 Oct. (1933) 391/1 Many proclamations wer devised against the caryers out of corne. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. N.iiiv No carier about of trifling newes. c1661 Argyle's Last Will in Harl. Misc. (1746) VIII. 30/2 A most indefatigable Carrier on of his Designs. 1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants x. 68 Those Ladies, who..keep an odious Implement, sometimes in the Bed-chamber itself..which they make Use of to ease their worst Necessities; and, you [sc. the House-Maids] are the usual Carriers away of the Pan. 1884 in Law Times Rep. 8 Mar. 45/2 The carriers on of the business. 1956 N. Algren Walk on Wild Side (1992) i. 24 In his middle age a florist both by vocation and avocation, a carrier-off of prizes in flower shows. 2001 Mod. Fiction Stud. 47 688 Calvin is Mischa's ‘other half’ in the sense that he is the malevolent carrier-out of much of Mischa's power-play. < as lemmas |
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