单词 | downpress |
释义 | downpressv. Now chiefly Jamaican (esp. in Rastafarian usage) and in Rastafarian usage and contexts. transitive. To press down on (a person or thing) (literal and figurative); (in later use) esp. to keep (a person or group) in a position of subjection and hardship; to oppress. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (transitive)] ofsiteOE forthringOE overlayOE ofsetOE to tread down, under foot, in the mire, to the ground, to piecesc1175 overseta1200 defoulc1300 oppressa1382 overpressa1382 overchargec1390 overleadc1390 overliea1393 thringa1400 overcarkc1400 to grind the faces (occasionally face) ofa1425 press?a1425 downthringc1430 vicea1525 tread1526 to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstonea1533 tyrannizea1533 wring1550 downpress1579 bepress1591 defoil1601 ingrate1604 crush1611 grinda1626 macerate1637 trample1646 1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued vii. sig. G.iiijv They are downe prest wt monstrous sins and yet sustaine the loade. 1602 A. Munday tr. P. de Mornay True Knowl. Mans Owne Selfe 33 By the weight & thicknes of humour in the stomacke or braine, a man thinkes he is crowded, or down-pressed in his sleepe. 1971 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 8 Sept. 19/5 A convenient single-sport valve gives you four positions to lift, downpress, hold and ‘float’ the implement. 1978 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 10 Sept. (For Your Entertainment section) p. iv Free dem but still downpress dem. 1980 M. Thelwell Harder they Come xv. 305 He was making it. The joke was on Hilton and Preacher and all who tried to down-press him. 2002 Untold June 92/1 Over the years the people have been penalised and down pressed by the politician dem an' everybody a overlook it an' ah gwan like say something change. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1579 |
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