单词 | charioteer |
释义 | charioteern. The driver of a chariot or car. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of a chariot carterc1374 charioteer1382 charet-man1535 chariot-man1577 coachman1582 charet-driver1591 wagoner1594 chareter1610 jockeya1719 chariot-driver1769 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Kings xxii. 34 And he seide to hys charyeter, Turn thin hond. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 383 The chariatour herde þat. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 21287 Þe charietere [Vesp. carter] is ihesu crist. 1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis ii. 39 With hands that cannot erre, Hurls lightning at the audacious Charioter. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 390 On a heap Chariot and Charioter lay overturnd. View more context for this quotation 1859 T. Lewin Invasion Brit. 45 The horsemen and charioteers of the Britons..poured such a shower of javelins upon the Roman galleys. Draft additions 1997 2. Astronomy. (With capital initial.) The constellation Auriga; = wagoner n.1 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Northern constellations > [noun] > Auriga wagoner1607 agitator1623 auriga1868 charioteer1885 Aur1922 1810 J. Greig Astrography vi. 125 He was Mirtilus,..charioteer to Aenomaus..; his name is famous for his great address in the management of horses;..he was..made a constellation after his death.] 1885 R. Hill Stars & Constellations 24 The constellation Auriga, called also, the Charioteer, and the Wagoner. 1930 A. C. de la Crommelin Story of Stars i. 21 On the opposite side of the Pole to Vega we find another bright star, Capella, in the Charioteer. 1965 Zim & Baker Stars: Guide to Astron. 87 Auriga, the Charioteer is the last of the autumn constellations, heralding the coming winter. 1994 Daily Tel. 31 Dec. 22/7 The star Capella in the constellation of Auriga the Charioteer is shown prominently in the centre of the chart. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). charioteerv. 1. intransitive. To act as charioteer; to guide or manage a chariot or car; to drive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > drive horse-drawn vehicle > specific type of vehicle charioteer1802 tandemize1824 tandem1828 1802 R. Southey tr. Greek Ode on Astron. in Poet. Wks. (1838) II. 59 To charioteer with wings on high, And to rein-in the Tempests of the sky. a1824 Ld. Byron Childe Harold App., in Wks. (1837) 761/1 Whom I saw charioteering over the French flag. 2. transitive. To drive (a chariot or vehicle). Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a wheeled vehicle > drive a chariot charioteera1822 a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas lviii, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 48 Naked boys bridling tame water-snakes, Or charioteering ghastly alligators. 1883 Leisure Hour 145/1 I charioteered one of these [buggies]. 1883 Good Words 24 205 He compared [them] to..Phlegethon charioteering the sun. 3. transitive. To drive (a person) in a chariot. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport or convey in a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > by wheeled vehicle > by cart or carriage > in specific type of coach1612 caroche1618 chariota1659 car1791 charioteer1862 pochay1870 1862 R. Christison Let. in Life II. xi. 301 I shall always remember his charioteering me through the finest part of his property. Derivatives ˌcharioˈteered adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [adjective] > riding in specific horse-drawn vehicle incoached1599 fire-coached1615 caroched1636 charioted1791 charioteered1849 coachy1882 1849 W. M. W. Call Reverberations ii. 96 Chariotiered, as in an ocean car. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1382v.1802 |
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