| 单词 | fast-closed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfast-closed a. In adjectives indicating that the noun modified is firmly or securely fixed in place, as in fast-anchored, fast-bound, fast-closed, fast-locked, fast-rooted, fast-shut, etc. Cf. senses A. 1, A. 2, A. 3. ΚΠ 1541 M. Coverdale tr. H. Bullinger Olde Fayth sig. Fv The onely true, olde, vndoubted & fast grounded faith. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 171 Fast bounde or tyed. Religatus. ?1614 W. Drummond Silke-worme of Loue in Poems A fast-shut Prison. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 448 Our fast closed gates. View more context for this quotation 1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore v. sig. K Our fast-knit affections. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 151 Were they the wicked above all, And we the righteous, whose fast-anchored isle Moved not? 1853 T. T. Lynch Lect. Self-improvem. ii. 31 The fast-rootedness of religious vitality. 1862 J. M. Neale Hymns Eastern Ch. (1866) 57 Till through fast-closed doors Thou camest. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. iii. 240 Bring I thee, Fast-bound in welded fetters, here, the knave. 1907 Academy 27 July 717/1 Some fast-locked gate. 1931 R. Campbell Georgiad ii. 46 Nor glide a ghost around each fast-shut door. 1991 Descant Summer 102 We must find ourselves fast-rooted in the soil and neighbours to the plants and animals. 2007 J. McCourt Now Voyagers ix. 417 The connectin' door between the fifth floor back and the fifth floor front..is no longer fast-bolted. < 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。