| 单词 | clip the wings |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclip the wings Phrases P1. With prepositions. a. in (the) wing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupied or busy [phrase] > in some pursuit in wing of?1482 up to ——1837 ?1482 J. Kay tr. G. Caoursin Siege of Rhodes Whenne thay were in wyng of these werkys [L. Dum haec..agerentur]. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > present [phrase] > in or into a person's presence in (also into, intil, to) present?c1225 in one's (or the) visage1430 under a person's nosea1450 in the face of1482 in the wing of1579 before one's nosec1604 to one's nosea1616 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 39v Our owne Newtralisme and Lukwarmenes shall in the wyng of Gods sonne vtterly condemne vs. b. on (also upon) the wing or †one's wing, †on wing; also a-wing adv. (a) literal. Flying, in flight. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > moving in air [phrase] > flying on (also upon) the wing or one's wing1486 1486 Bk. St. Albans d j b When she is on wyng and comyth low bi the grounde. a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Qqq2/1 The roiall Eagle When she hath tri'd her young ones gainst the Sun,..next teacheth 'em to prey, How to command on wing. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 332 They heard, and were abasht, and up they sprung Upon the wing . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 345 So numberless were those bad Angels seen Hovering on wing under the Cope of Hell. View more context for this quotation 1748 T. Gray Ode in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 266 The insect youth are on the wing. 1831 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 137 It is seldom that one of these birds is on wing..without uttering its cry. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. iv. 301 The old birds were too strong on the wing for our young marksmen. 1859 E. FitzGerald tr. Rubáiyát Omar Khayyám vii. 2 The Bird of Time has but a little way To fly—and Lo! the Bird is on the Wing. 1882 J. S. Blackie Lett. to Wife (1909) 299 I have been as happy as a bird on the wing. (b) figurative. (i) Moving or travelling swiftly or briskly; astir, active, on the move. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] on fastec1275 as greyhound (let out) of leasha1300 a good (also great, etc.) shake13.. in hastec1300 (wiþ) gret yre13.. in speeda1325 good speeda1400 on (also upon) the wing or one's wing1508 with post1569 on or upon the speed1632 on the run?1679 by the run1787 like a house on fire (also afire)1809 at the double-quick1834 with a run1834 fast and furious1851 at the double1860 at the rate of knots1892 for (or on) the (high) jump1905 like blue murder1914 1508 W. Dunbar Ballade Barnard Stewart in Poems (1998) I. 178 Throw Scotland, Ingland, France and Lumbardy Fleys on weyng thi fame and thi renoune. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 133 When I had seene this hote loue on the wing . View more context for this quotation a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Qqq2/2 'Tis time his fortune be a wing [v.rr. o' wing, o' th' wing], high time sir. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman To Rdr. sig. B3v So long as we can keep sound Doctrine on wing, we shall hope to kill..all three [evils]. 1655 Ld. Norwich Let. 30 Nov. in E. Nicholas Papers (1897) III. 217 With what impatience his good subiects..expect to heare yt his Maty were uppon his wing. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia I. xiii. 92 The prince, whose thoughts were always on the wing. 1839 H. W. Longfellow Hyperion I. i. iii Nobody is on the wing; hardly a single traveller. 1871 Mrs. H. Wood Dene Hollow III. xi. 197 Captain..Clanwaring was on the wing early. (ii) ‘Taking flight’, going off or away, starting, departing; ready to start or depart. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [phrase] > ready to depart on (also upon) the wing or one's wing1622 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. To Rdr. **2 Hauing beene too prodigall in communicating my papers,..they caught me when I was vpon my wings. 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love i. 4 Look you, they are on the wing already. 1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe iv. 55 He's wild, and soon on wing, if watchful eyes come near. 1722 A. Pope Corr. 8 Feb. (1956) II. 102 When I went last to town, and was on wing for the Deanery. 1861 Mrs. H. Wood East Lynne III. iii. xx. 247 She fell on her knees..in prayer for the departing spirit, on its wing. 1898 Punch 20 Aug. 81/2 The Courts are up, and the members of the four Inns are supposed to be on the wing. c. on wings: (going) with light steps as one in a joyously exalted mood. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adverb] gladlyc900 hightlyOE blithelyc1000 merryOE joyfullyc1330 gamelya1375 glada1400 merrilyc1400 joyinglyc1430 gladfully?c1450 joyously1474 deliciously1481 gladsomely1487 mirthfully1508 delightfully?1567 delightingly1602 delightedly1654 on wings1859 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [phrase] > with light steps on wings1859 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel II. v. 60 Now the young gentleman was off and out every night, and seemed to be on wings. 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth vi They sealed the promise with a long loving kiss, and Gerard went home on wings. d. on the wings of…: see sense 2b. e. under (..) wing. (a) under the wing of, under ——'s wing (†wings): under the protection, care, or patronage of. (Cf. sense 3b.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > having care or custody (of) [phrase] > in the care or custody of under a person's hand (also hands)OE under the wing ofc1230 in fang witha1400 in yemea1400 among the hands ofa1533 in charge (of)1548 under the umbrage of1677 c1230 Hali Meid. (1922) 66 Ȝef þu wel wrist te under godes wengen. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17638 I blisce þe, lauerd, þou me has gett And sauf vnder þi wenges sett. a1400–50 Wars Alex. 1769 Turne þe, trechoure,..And drawe a-gayn to þi den vndire þi dam wingis [v.r. wengez]. 1455 Rolls of Parl. V. 281/2 Such as abide and kepe theim self undre the wynge of your Mageste Roiall. ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. cc.v And vnder the wynge of my proteccyon All rebels brought be to subieccyon. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. i. sig. Hiijv I haue euer be brought vp at home i. vnder my mothers wynge. 1669 H. More Expos. 7 Epist. Ep. Ded. sig. A 3v If I had not taken this opportunity..of doing that right to the Truth I here professe as to put it under the wings of so fit and able a Patron. 1765 S. Foote Commissary iii. 47 There liv'd Miss Cicely..under the wing of an old maiden aunt. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxi. 353 They fled for their lives to find safety under Pompey's wing in Capua. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > be inactive [verb (intransitive)] > remain inactive stillc1330 liec1374 stayc1540 to keep one's bill under wing1548 connive1667 to lie by1709 repose1817 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxiiij After this..the duke of Yorke..thought it mete neither lenger to dissimule, nor farther to kepe his bill vnder wyng. (c) hit under the wing (slang): intoxicated. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk fordrunkenc897 drunkena1050 cup-shottenc1330 drunka1400 inebriate1497 overseenc1500 liquor1509 fou1535 nase?1536 full1554 intoxicate1554 tippled1564 intoxicated1576 pepst1577 overflown1579 whip-cat1582 pottical1586 cup-shota1593 fox-drunk1592 lion-drunk1592 nappy1592 sack-sopped1593 in drink1598 disguiseda1600 drink-drowned1600 daggeda1605 pot-shotten1604 tap-shackled1604 high1607 bumpsy1611 foxed1611 in one's cups1611 liquored1611 love-pot1611 pot-sick1611 whift1611 owl-eyed1613 fapa1616 hota1616 inebriated1615 reeling ripea1616 in one's (or the) pots1618 scratched1622 high-flown?1624 pot-shot1627 temulentive1628 ebrious1629 temulent1629 jug-bitten1630 pot-shaken1630 toxed1635 bene-bowsiea1637 swilled1637 paid1638 soaken1651 temulentious1652 flagonal1653 fuddled1656 cut1673 nazzy1673 concerned1678 whittled1694 suckey1699 well-oiled1701 tippeda1708 tow-row1709 wet1709 swash1711 strut1718 cocked1737 cockeyed1737 jagged1737 moon-eyed1737 rocky1737 soaked1737 soft1737 stewed1737 stiff1737 muckibus1756 groggy1770 muzzeda1788 muzzya1795 slewed1801 lumpy1810 lushy1811 pissed1812 blue1813 lush1819 malty1819 sprung1821 three sheets in the wind1821 obfuscated1822 moppy1823 ripe1823 mixed1825 queer1826 rosined1828 shot in the neck1830 tight1830 rummy1834 inebrious1837 mizzled1840 obflisticated1840 grogged1842 pickled1842 swizzled1843 hit under the wing1844 obfusticatedc1844 ebriate1847 pixilated1848 boozed1850 ploughed1853 squiffy?1855 buffy1858 elephant trunk1859 scammered1859 gassed1863 fly-blown1864 rotten1864 shot1864 ebriose1871 shicker1872 parlatic1877 miraculous1879 under the influence1879 ginned1881 shickered1883 boiled1886 mosy1887 to be loaded for bear(s)1888 squiffeda1890 loaded1890 oversparred1890 sozzled1892 tanked1893 orey-eyed1895 up the (also a) pole1897 woozy1897 toxic1899 polluted1900 lit-up1902 on (also upon) one's ear1903 pie-eyed1903 pifflicated1905 piped1906 spiflicated1906 jingled1908 skimished1908 tin hat1909 canned1910 pipped1911 lit1912 peloothered1914 molo1916 shick1916 zigzag1916 blotto1917 oiled-up1918 stung1919 stunned1919 bottled1922 potted1922 rotto1922 puggled1923 puggle1925 fried1926 crocked1927 fluthered1927 lubricated1927 whiffled1927 liquefied1928 steamed1929 mirackc1930 overshot1931 swacked1932 looped1934 stocious1937 whistled1938 sauced1939 mashed1942 plonked1943 stone1945 juiced1946 buzzed1952 jazzed1955 schnockered1955 honkers1957 skunked1958 bombed1959 zonked1959 bevvied1960 mokus1960 snockered1961 plotzed1962 over the limit1966 the worse for wear1966 wasted1968 wired1970 zoned1971 blasted1972 Brahms and Liszt?1972 funked up1976 trousered1977 motherless1980 tired and emotional1981 ratted1982 rat-arsed1984 wazzed1990 mullered1993 twatted1993 bollocksed1994 lashed1996 1844 A. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. iv. 47 He being..‘hit under the wing’. P2. With verbs. (For other phrases, as clip the wings, see the verbs.) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > be unwilling [verb (intransitive)] nillOE loathea1200 to make it tough1297 forthinka1300 reckc1300 ruea1400 to make (it) strangec1405 to make strangenessc1407 stick1418 resistc1425 to make (it) strange?1456 steek1478 tarrowc1480 doubt1483 sunyie1488 to make (it) nice1530 stay1533 shentc1540 to make courtesy (at)1542 to make it scrupulous1548 to think (it) much1548 to make dainty of (anything)1555 to lie aback1560 stand1563 steek1573 to hang back1581 erch1584 to make doubt1586 to hang the groin1587 to make scruple (also a, no, etc., scruple)1589 yearn1597 to hang the winga1601 to make squeamish1611 smay1632 bogglea1638 to hang off1641 waver1643 reluct1648 shy1650 reluctate1655 stickle1656 scruple1660 to make boggle1667 revere1689 begrudge1690 to have scruples1719 stopc1738 bitch1777 reprobate1779 crane1823 disincline1885 the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > be timorous [verb (intransitive)] > hesitate or hang back through timidity wondec897 arghc1175 scurnc1325 erch1584 to hang the winga1601 shirk1778 crane1823 a1601 T. North tr. Epaminondas in Plutarch Lives (1612) 1122 Afraid onely of the name and reputation of Epaminondas, and hanging the wing, as they say. a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 40 If Saint Peter..had hanged the wing, as they speake, or let fall his Crest. b. to make wing (cf. 3a and make v.1 45): to make one's way by flying, to fly. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > flight > [verb (intransitive)] to make winga1616 to stretch wing to weather1825 flag1848 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. ii. 52 Light thickens, And the Crow makes Wing toth' Rookie Wood. View more context for this quotation 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. xiii. 281 Hence he made wing, taking a long and strong flight to Mizpah. 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 lxxxvii. 23 The dastard Crow, that to the wood made wing. 1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 323 The weary fowls of heaven make wing in vain, To escape your wrath. c. (a) to take to wing (to take to —— 1a at take v. Phrasal verbs 2): = sense 1b ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by locomotion > locomotion of animals > [verb (intransitive)] > fly flusha1300 soarc1384 fly1480 flitter1483 flit1535 fleck1567 flirt1582 wagtail1606 waft1682 to take to wing1693 flaffer17.. to take (its, etc.) wing1807 skirl1859 1693 J. Dryden in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xiv. 280 Soon as e're to Wing they take. 1870 N. F. Hele Aldeburgh vii. 84 It was within ten yards of me when it took to wing. (b) to take (†its, etc.) wing (take v. 68a). (i) Of a bird, etc.: to take flight, begin flying. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by locomotion > locomotion of animals > [verb (intransitive)] > fly flusha1300 soarc1384 fly1480 flitter1483 flit1535 fleck1567 flirt1582 wagtail1606 waft1682 to take to wing1693 flaffer17.. to take (its, etc.) wing1807 skirl1859 1807 W. Wordsworth Poems II. 136 He knew the Rocks which Angels haunt..; He hath kenn'd them taking wing. 1812 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 62 They will instantly take wing and give you a beautiful shot. 1890 C. Dixon Stray Feathers i. 6 The Ring Doves, startled at this, took wing. (ii) figurative. To ‘take flight’, take one's departure, make off, flee. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily fleec825 runOE swervea1225 biwevec1275 skip1338 streekc1380 warpa1400 yerna1400 smoltc1400 stepc1460 to flee (one's) touch?1515 skirr1548 rubc1550 to make awaya1566 lope1575 scuddle1577 scoura1592 to take the start1600 to walk off1604 to break awaya1616 to make off1652 to fly off1667 scuttle1681 whew1684 scamper1687 whistle off1689 brush1699 to buy a brush1699 to take (its, etc.) wing1704 decamp1751 to take (a) French leave1751 morris1765 to rush off1794 to hop the twig1797 to run along1803 scoot1805 to take off1815 speela1818 to cut (also make, take) one's lucky1821 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 absquatulize1829 mosey1829 absquatulate1830 put1834 streak1834 vamoose1834 to put out1835 cut1836 stump it1841 scratch1843 scarper1846 to vamoose the ranch1847 hook1851 shoo1851 slide1859 to cut and run1861 get1861 skedaddle1862 bolt1864 cheese it1866 to do a bunkc1870 to wake snakes1872 bunk1877 nit1882 to pull one's freight1884 fooster1892 to get the (also to) hell out (of)1892 smoke1893 mooch1899 to fly the coop1901 skyhoot1901 shemozzle1902 to light a shuck1905 to beat it1906 pooter1907 to take a run-out powder1909 blow1912 to buzz off1914 to hop it1914 skate1915 beetle1919 scram1928 amscray1931 boogie1940 skidoo1949 bug1950 do a flit1952 to do a scarper1958 to hit, split or take the breeze1959 to do a runner1980 to be (also get, go) ghost1986 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > hastily or suddenly fleec825 warpa1400 wringc1400 bolt1575 decamp1751 mog1770 to hop the twig1797 to take (its, etc.) wing1806 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 vamoose1834 fade1848 skedaddle1862 to beat it1906 blow1912 to hop it1914 beetle1919 bug1950 jet1951 1704 London Gaz. No. 4056/5 Success, like Fame, has taken Wing. 1715 R. Bentley Serm. Popery 24 The weary Soul..ready to leave the Carcase, and yet not suffer'd to take it's Wing. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. iv. 67 I lately changed my lodgings... I took wing at a moment's warning. 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 56 As he touched the lock, they took wing like a covey of partridges. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xxxvi. 59 I found a fellow who..knew this Mrs Glasher before she took wing. d. to spread (also stretch, try) one's wings: to test or develop one's powers; to lead a life of wider scope than hitherto. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > try experiments or make experiment [verb (intransitive)] > try one's ability to fond one's flightc1425 to spread (also stretch, try) one's wings1864 1864 G. Meredith Let. 1 June (1970) I. 260 One thought my Marie merely trying her wings. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. iv. xxxiv. 192 He is trying his wings. He is just the sort of young fellow to rise. 1876 A. Trollope Prime Minister III. xx. 332 When I found myself the son-in-law of a very rich man I thought I might spread my wings a bit. 1926 R. H. Tawney Relig. & Rise Capitalism ii. 67 It was in an age of political anarchy that the forces destined to dominate the future tried their wings. 1953 ‘W. Cooper’ Ever-interesting Topic v. ii. 252 He decided to compose music as well as to play it: he began to try his wings as a creative artist, and he found they held him up. 1973 ‘P. Malloch’ Kickback xi. 69 ‘Hagan's stretching his wings a bit.’ ‘Beginning to feel his weight, is he?’ 1978 S. Radley Death & Maiden xv. 145 She wanted to spread her wings a bit, meet new people. P3. a wing and a prayer: a jocular form of reference (after quot. 1943) to an emergency landing by an aircraft; also figurative and as attributive.phr. in allusion to reliance on hope in desperate situations. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > [noun] > unfounded hope forlorn hopea1643 wish-thinking1930 wishful thinking1932 a wing and a prayer1943 straw-clutching1962 hope-against-hope1968 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > landing > emergency forced landing1917 a wing and a prayer1943 1943 H. Adamson Comin' in on a Wing & a Prayer (song) Tho' there's one motor gone, we can still carry on, Comin' In On A Wing And A Pray'r. 1967 Economist 3 June 998/2 The ITA's problem is to decide which applicants give most promise of maintaining an improvement over six years... This is largely a wing and a prayer decision. 1971 P. O'Donnell Impossible Virgin xii. 250 I reckoned it was better to get kitted up for a proper job rather than come charging down 'ere on a wing and a prayer. 1977 W. Marshall Thin Air xii. 150 The co-pilot brought it in... Wing and a prayer! 1980 T. Barling Goodbye Piccadilly xvi. 334 The pilot spoke to him... ‘This is real wing and a prayer weather.’ < as lemmas |
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