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单词 droop and dare
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droop and dare
3. To lie motionless (generally with the sense of fear), to lie appalled; to crouch. Also figurative, esp. in droop and dare. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)]
darec1220
(not) to play paw?a1700
not to move a muscle1843
c1220 Bestiary 406 Ne stereð ȝe [ðe fox] noȝt of ðe stede..oc dareð so ȝe ded were.
a1225 Juliana 42 Þenne darie we & ne durren neuer cumen biuoren him.
c1386 G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale 103 Thise wedded men þat lye and dare As in a fourme sit a wery hare.
c1420 Anturs of Arth. iv The dere in the dellun Thay droupun and daren.
a1450 Le Morte Arth. 2575 Knyghtis of kynges blode, That longe wylle not droupe and dare.
?a1500 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) II. 148 (Date of MS. 1592) Builded thinges to grounde shall falle..And men in graves dare.
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