| 单词 | against the hair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasagainst the hair P1. against the hair: contrary to the direction in which an animal's hair naturally lies; contrary to the natural set of a thing; against the grain, inclination, or sentiment. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > opposed to natural bent against the wool1393 against the hair1532 against the wooda1568 against (also, contrary to) the graina1616 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxxxix Ayenst the heere it turneth. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 503 All went vtterly against the heare with him. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 80 [Oxen] obserued in the licking of themselues against the haire. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. iii. 37 If you should fight, you goe against the haire of your professions. View more context for this quotation a1627 T. Middleton Mayor of Quinborough (1661) iii. ii. 34 Books in womens hands are as much against the hair, methinks, As to see men wear stomachers, or night rayles. 1668 J. Howe Blessedness of Righteous Disc. (1825) 170 Something that crosses them, and goes against the hair. 1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate Introd. iii He was a wee toustie when you rubbed him again the hair. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago II. iv. 67 Knowing him to be of the original British bull-dog breed, which, once stroked against the hair, shows his teeth at you for ever afterwards. < as lemmas |
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