| 单词 | in the wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the wind 21. in the wind. extracted from windn.1 a. In (or into) the direction from which the wind is blowing; to windward: (a) in reference to something which can be scented or perceived by means of the wind blowing from where it is (cf. 4, and see also 21b below); (b) in nautical use; also all in the wind (see quot. 1769). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > perceptible by scent in the windc1425 olfactiblec1705 sniffable1975 the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards wind direction to the windc1330 to (the) windwardc1550 with the wind1577 in the wind1580 to the weatherward1589 up (the) wind1611 down (the) winda1616 windward1690 weatherly1708 up-wind1838 into the wind1918 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > with sails set [phrase] > sails parallel to direction of wind all in the wind1769 c1425 [see sense 27]. 1580 H. Smith in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) ii. 474 Wee had a ledge of rockes in the winde of vs. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. lxiv. 130 He cut and made his course into the Sea, to bring himselfe in the winde of those Sayles. a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman iii. v. 56 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) O how she holds her nose up like a Jennet I' th' wind of a Grass-mare! 1692 J. Dryden All for Love (new ed.) Pref. sig. b3 The Tyrants were suspicious, as they had reason, that their Subjects had 'em in the wind. 1697 London Gaz. No. 3262/3 It blowing fresh, and they bringing their Ship in the Wind, carried away their Foretop-mast. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical i. 3 Like a heated Stallion that had a Mare in the Wind. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine All in the wind, the state of a ship's sails when they are parallel to the direction of the wind, so as to shake and shiver. 1818 ‘A. Burton’ Adventures Johnny Newcome iii. 175 I did not think..I was so much in drink! But now by th'holy smut I find That cursedly I'm in the wind. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xvi. 269 We threw up in the wind, and raked them. b. figurative. So as to be ‘scented’ or perceived (or so as to ‘scent’ or perceive something); to have in the wind, to ‘scent’, to detect or discover the presence of; sometimes, to be on the scent or trail of, be in search of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] seekc888 aseekc1000 i-secheOE huntc1175 to seek afterc1175 beseechc1200 fand?c1225 ofseche?c1225 to seek forc1250 atseekc1275 furiec1290 forseeka1300 outseekc1300 upseekc1315 to look after ——c1330 wait1340 laita1350 searchc1350 pursuea1382 ensearchc1384 to feel and findc1384 inseekc1384 looka1398 fraist?a1400 umseeka1400 require?c1400 walec1400 to look up1468 prowla1475 to see for ——c1485 to look for ——a1492 to have in the wind1540 sue1548 vent?1575 seek1616 explore1618 dacker1634 research1650 to see out for1683 quest1752 to see after ——1776 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > engaged in searching for [phrase] in the wind1540 in search of1563 on (also upon) the look1716 the world > space > place > presence > present [phrase] > so that the presence of something is perceived in the wind1540 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > detect > (as) by the wind to have in the wind1540 wind1583 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. iii. sig. Lj Where we can get any meate in the wynde, thyther wylle we resorte. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 21 Of him and none but him who in valuation is woorth 18. huge Argosees..haue I took sent or come in the wind of. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. vi. 115 I sent to her By this same Coxcombe that we haue i'th winde Tokens and Letters, which she did resend. View more context for this quotation 1628 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Paules-Crosse i. 60 The Courtiers and Officers lye in the wind for them. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 16 The first was noted for having a seaman's eye, when a bailiff was in the wind. 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. xiii. 200 The Mohicans hear an enemy!..They scent some danger in the wind! 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxv. 307 Mrs. Gamp..scenting no more rum in the wind (for the bottle was locked up again) rose to take her departure. c. predicatively: Happening or ready to happen; astir, afoot, ‘up’; (of a person or thing) as the subject of what is going on, ‘in the business’: usually with implication of being suspected or indistinctly apprehended (cf. 21b). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [phrase] > happening or ready to happen in the windc1535 c1535 F. Bygod Treat. Impropriations D j A thynge there is in the wynde..which I trust in God wyl one day come to lyght. a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Biijv There is sumwhat in the winde: His lookes bewrayes his inwarde troubled mynde. 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar iii. ii. 32 Where are you, Gentlewoman? there's something in the wind I'm sure. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xliv. 304 She thought something was in the wind, when my brother came into my dining here so readily. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. xiv. 287 There must be something in the wind—perhaps a war. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! iv There's a woman in the wind... I'll lay my life on it. 1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed vi. 109 He'd have told us if there was a horse in the wind. It's a girl. d. to hang in the wind: to remain in suspense or indecision. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] haltc825 flecchec1300 waverc1315 flickerc1325 wag1387 swervea1400 floghter1521 stacker1526 to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530 wave1532 stagger1533 to hang in the wind1536 to waver as, like, with the wind1548 mammer1554 sway1563 dodge1568 erch1584 suspend1585 float1598 swag1608 hoverc1620 hesitate1623 vacillate1623 fluctuate1634 demur1641 balance1656 to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674 to stand shall I, shall I1674 to go shill-I shall-I1700 to stand at shilly-shally1700 to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734 whiffle1737 dilly-dally1740 to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751 oscillate1771 shilly-shally1782 dacker1817 librate1822 humdrum1825 swing1833 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848 to back and fill1854 haver1866 wobble1867 shaffle1873 dicker1879 to be on the weigh-scales1886 waffle1894 to think twice1898 to teeter on the brink1902 dither1908 vagulate1918 pern1920 1536 T. Starkey Let. ?July in Eng. in Reign Henry VIII (1878) i. p. xxxix You schal fynd me..to be no sterter, wauerar, nor hengar in the wynd. 1555 J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebell. 42 b Such of those partes as honge in the wind, as neuters. 1640 J. D. Knave in Graine ii. i. sig. D2v Hang not ith' winde, (delay does torture). 1881 Daily Tel. 28 Jan. I..hung in the wind a moment before asking leave to step down. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > utterly or energetically to throw off?a1439 bandy1591 to cast in the wind1652 to fling, give, throw, etc. to the winds1667 to wipe one's hands of1785 to wipe one's lips of1851 1652 H. Bell tr. M. Luther Colloquia Mensalia iii. 66 Otherwise, wee had cast in the winde, and scorned to..consider of that which now wee have plainly expressed in the Scriptures. 1652 H. Bell tr. M. Luther Colloquia Mensalia xi. 178 It regarded them not, but casteth them in the winde. f. Horse Riding. (See quot. 1805.) ΚΠ 1805 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 2) (at cited word) A horse that carries in the wind, is one that tosses his nose as high as his ears, and does not carry handsomely. g. Nautical slang (predicatively). Intoxicated; the worse for liquor: usually with qualification, esp. three sheets in the wind. (Cf. all in the wind at sense 21a(b).) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk fordrunkenc897 drunkena1050 cup-shottenc1330 drunka1400 inebriate1497 overseenc1500 liquor1509 fou1535 nase?1536 full1554 intoxicate1554 tippled1564 intoxicated1576 pepst1577 overflown1579 whip-cat1582 pottical1586 cup-shota1593 fox-drunk1592 lion-drunk1592 nappy1592 sack-sopped1593 in drink1598 disguiseda1600 drink-drowned1600 daggeda1605 pot-shotten1604 tap-shackled1604 high1607 bumpsy1611 foxed1611 in one's cups1611 liquored1611 love-pot1611 pot-sick1611 whift1611 owl-eyed1613 fapa1616 hota1616 inebriated1615 reeling ripea1616 in one's (or the) pots1618 scratched1622 high-flown?1624 pot-shot1627 temulentive1628 ebrious1629 temulent1629 jug-bitten1630 pot-shaken1630 toxed1635 bene-bowsiea1637 swilled1637 paid1638 soaken1651 temulentious1652 flagonal1653 fuddled1656 cut1673 nazzy1673 concerned1678 whittled1694 suckey1699 well-oiled1701 tippeda1708 tow-row1709 wet1709 swash1711 strut1718 cocked1737 cockeyed1737 jagged1737 moon-eyed1737 rocky1737 soaked1737 soft1737 stewed1737 stiff1737 muckibus1756 groggy1770 muzzeda1788 muzzya1795 slewed1801 lumpy1810 lushy1811 pissed1812 blue1813 lush1819 malty1819 sprung1821 three sheets in the wind1821 obfuscated1822 moppy1823 ripe1823 mixed1825 queer1826 rosined1828 shot in the neck1830 tight1830 rummy1834 inebrious1837 mizzled1840 obflisticated1840 grogged1842 pickled1842 swizzled1843 hit under the wing1844 obfusticatedc1844 ebriate1847 pixilated1848 boozed1850 ploughed1853 squiffy?1855 buffy1858 elephant trunk1859 scammered1859 gassed1863 fly-blown1864 rotten1864 shot1864 ebriose1871 shicker1872 parlatic1877 miraculous1879 under the influence1879 ginned1881 shickered1883 boiled1886 mosy1887 to be loaded for bear(s)1888 squiffeda1890 loaded1890 oversparred1890 sozzled1892 tanked1893 orey-eyed1895 up the (also a) pole1897 woozy1897 toxic1899 polluted1900 lit-up1902 on (also upon) one's ear1903 pie-eyed1903 pifflicated1905 piped1906 spiflicated1906 jingled1908 skimished1908 tin hat1909 canned1910 pipped1911 lit1912 peloothered1914 molo1916 shick1916 zigzag1916 blotto1917 oiled-up1918 stung1919 stunned1919 bottled1922 potted1922 rotto1922 puggled1923 puggle1925 fried1926 crocked1927 fluthered1927 lubricated1927 whiffled1927 liquefied1928 steamed1929 mirackc1930 overshot1931 swacked1932 looped1934 stocious1937 whistled1938 sauced1939 mashed1942 plonked1943 stone1945 juiced1946 buzzed1952 jazzed1955 schnockered1955 honkers1957 skunked1958 bombed1959 zonked1959 bevvied1960 mokus1960 snockered1961 plotzed1962 over the limit1966 the worse for wear1966 wasted1968 wired1970 zoned1971 blasted1972 Brahms and Liszt?1972 funked up1976 trousered1977 motherless1980 tired and emotional1981 ratted1982 rat-arsed1984 wazzed1990 mullered1993 twatted1993 bollocksed1994 lashed1996 1821 Egan Real Life i. xviii. 385 Old Wax and Bristles is about three sheets in the wind. 1835 Court Mag. 6 197/2 The anger of those who were what is termed ‘a little in the wind’, was now roused. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xlvii. 345 I'm not in the wind, at all events, for you see I'm perfectly sober. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xx. 201 He..seldom went up to the town without coming down ‘three sheets in the wind’. 1862 A. Trollope Orley Farm II. xvii. 135 Snow père might be a thought tipsy—a sheet or so in the wind, as folks say. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island I. iv. xx. 161 Maybe you think we were all a sheet in the wind's eye. < as lemmas |
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