| 单词 | heave at |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheave at a. To make an effort to lift or move something; to push or press with force; to put forth effort, endeavour, labour, strive. heave at: to aim at, strive after. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > make physical effort strain1340 heavec1374 stress1756 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 1240 (1289) But þer-on was to heuen and to done. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1248 As sche wolde þe dore to-breke sche gan þo hebbe & pynge. c1422 T. Hoccleve Jereslaus' Wife 912 The wynd ful sore in the sail bleew & haf. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. xxiii. 4 But they them selues wil not heaue at them with one of their fyngers. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 121 It asks some time to heave or pend in, before it actually starts. 1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Seventh 21 Souls immortal must for ever heave At something Great. heave at ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] withgo743 to go again ——OE withsayc1175 again-goc1275 withsitc1300 thwarta1325 to go against ——a1382 counter1382 repugnc1384 adversea1393 craba1400 gainsaya1400 movec1400 overthwart?a1425 to put (also set) one's face againsta1425 traversea1425 contrairc1425 to take again ——c1425 contraryc1430 to take against ——a1450 opposec1485 again-seta1500 gain?a1500 oppone1500 transverse1532 to come up against1535 heave at1546 to be against1549 encounter1549 to set shoulder against1551 to fly in the face of1553 crossc1555 to cross with1590 countermand1592 forstand1599 opposit1600 thorter1608 obviate1609 disputea1616 obstrigillate1623 contradict1632 avert1635 to set one's hand against1635 top1641 militate1642 to come across ——1653 contrariate1656 to cross upon (or on)1661 shock1667 clash1685 rencounter1689 obtend1697 counteract1708 oppugnate1749 retroact?1761 controvert1782 react1795 to set against ——1859 appose- the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > take hostile measures against riseOE raisec1384 heave at1546 to shove at1577 endeavour?1589 to give a lift at1622 attempt1749 to rise upon1816 1546 J. Bale Sel. Wks. (Parker Soc.) 165 John Frith is a great mote in their eyes, for so turning over their purgatory, and heaving at their most monstrous mass or mammetrous mazan, which signifieth bread or feeding. 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. E2 v Hee was spite-blasted, heau'd at, & ill spoken of. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 8 His adversaries heaved at him, to cast him out of his Bishoprick. 1674 P. Walsh Some Quest. Oath Allegiance Pref. Then they shrewdly heav'd at me again. < as lemmas |
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