| 单词 | at rebours |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat rebours 2. Chiefly Scottish. at rebours [after Middle French à rebours à rebours adv.] : amiss; perversely, through perversity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [adverb] at rebours?a1400 unjustlyc1425 wrongly1633 outa1641 inaccurately1669 unaccurately1674 uncorrectly1706 unprecisely1806 inexactly1849 à rebours1895 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 5108 Androche..ansuerd him alle at robours [a1450 Lamb. reburs]. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 12316 Bretons..ere bot auantours & manace mykille at rebours. c1480 (a1400) St. Katherine 860 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 467 Þir quhelis..twa aganis twa sall alwais twrne in contrare cours, as thingis beand at rebou [r] se. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) xiii. 486 He his sistre paramouris Luffyt and held all at [MS that] rebouris [St. John's Cambr. rabous] Hys awyne wyff. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) ix. viii. 48 Schyre Willame persaywyd then His myschef, and hym send succowris, Ellis had all gane at rebowris [a1500 Nero to rabours]. c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1921) II. ii. 534 Lytill succouris Can I se, for all is at rebours. < as lemmas |
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