单词 | driver away |
释义 | > as lemmasdriver away C1. With adverbs, forming compound agent nouns corresponding to adverbial combinations of drive v., as in driver away, driver down, driver out, driver up, etc. ΚΠ ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iv. pr. vi. l. 3990 Who is ellys kepere of good or dryuere awey of yuel but god. a1475 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Cambr. Gg.1.16) (1997) iii. lx. 139 She is maistres of trowþe,..dryver awei [a1500 Trin. Dublin dryuer awey] of sorowe, taker awei of drede. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 210/2 Certainly when Nature expells nothing in the Disease..how shall the Physician, Nature's servant, dare any such thing, and presently fly to drivers out and Sudorificks..in the cure? 1893 E. J. Ellis & W. B. Yeats Wks. William Blake II. 289 The Shadowy Female, who is the real driver-down of Milton into the Ulro. 1915 Internat. Sugar Jrnl. 17 59 ‘Governments’ were the big buyers—the real and largest drivers up of prices. 2007 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 18 Aug. (Weekend section) 15 The ancients revered elder as a tree mother, a driver away of evil spirits. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。