单词 | in full scent |
释义 | > as lemmasin (also on, upon) full scent P3. in (also on, upon) full scent: intent upon, or close in, pursuit of a quarry. Formerly also without preposition in the same sense. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > [adverb] > in a state of excitement agogc1450 up1470 full scent1614 atop of the house?1651 astir1837 a-seethe1879 above oneself1890 1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket iv. 140 [The Gallant] is following his lusts, full sent and full crie. 1659 J. Shirley Honoria & Mammon i. i. 7 Pageants, which your Senators Ride after in full scent. 1700 F. Manning Generous Choice ii. i. 14 Their guard of Watchmen are upon the hunt... The dogs are upon full scent, and I shall be finely mumbled if I stay here. 1760 G. Cockings War iii. 89 As when fierce tygers roar amid the wood, Hunting for prey, full scent on human blood. 1806 T. Holcroft Tales in Verse I. 161 Bob's at the bar, acquires a name..but keeps intrigue Hunting, full scent, by night or day, Up the back stairs, or any way. 1872 T. Yelverton Zanita xxiii. 24 I have heard the sharp excited cry of the fox-hounds on full scent in the English hunting field. 1930 S. M. Kootz Mod. Amer. Painters p. vii The patrioteers are in full scent for some one to tag with the title The Great American Painter. 1989 Jrnl. Politics 51 171 A portrait of the [Nixon] impeachment investigation as a pack of hunting hounds in full scent after the quarry. < as lemmas |
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