| 单词 | let go |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto let go 24. to let go. extracted from letv.1 a. transitive. To allow to escape; to set at liberty; to lose one's hold of; to relax (one's hold); to drop (an anchor). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > releasing hold > let go (something held or grasped) [verb (transitive)] beleavea1250 leta1325 to let goc1384 to leave hold1556 to turn loose?1566 quita1586 unhand1603 relinquish1651 unseize1663 unfist1692 to leave go1776 unclasp1868 to loose hold1875 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] freeeOE letc1000 alithOE areim-ena1250 alaskic1300 fritha1325 loose1340 unfetterc1374 to let goc1384 releasec1384 freitha1400 to let farea1400 assoil1401 remit1467 affranchise1477 resplaitc1531 discussa1542 freedom1548 to set (go, walk, etc.) free1609 re-enfranchise1611 unhook1611 unloose1614 liberate1623 disenfranchise1626 assert1638 relinquish1671 uncork1749 unfankle1824 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > from confinement unbindc950 to let freec1000 aletOE to let out1154 loosea1225 slakec1374 loosen1382 to let goc1384 releasec1384 unloosec1400 unlockc1410 dissolvec1420 relievec1450 unloosen?a1475 to set at liberty1509 enlargea1513 to let at large1525 to let loose1530 to turn loose?1566 enfranchise1569 to turn up1573 enfranch1581 unkennel1589 unwind1596 to cast loosec1600 disimmure1611 disimprison1611 unhamper1620 to let abroad1633 unfold1633 disencloister1652 disencage1654 discagea1657 disincarcerate1665 eliminate1745 unspherea1806 unmew1818 unbottle1821 uncage1837 unbag1854 bust1921 society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor [verb (intransitive)] > anchor anchor?c1225 to come to (an) anchor?1473 to let go1530 to moor anchor1578 moor1627 to come to a killick1630 to drop anchor1634 to let fall1638 to let down1662 c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame ii. 443 He..lat the reynes gon Of his hors. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16330 Þe pouste es min to spill or latte ga? c1440 York Myst. xxxii. 254 What, wolde þou þat we lete hym ga? c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 173 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 34 Nero..þane leit paule a quhill ga. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 607/2 Let go your capestan, and some be lyke to have a knocke. 1581 Act 23 Eliz. c. 10 §4 So as they..do presentlye loose and let goe everye Feasaunte and Partridge so taken. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) v. iv. 60 Ruffian: let goe that rude vnciuill touch. View more context for this quotation 1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) xxxii. sig. F12 He..will not let the least hold goe, for feare of losing you. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 150 Letting go their hold they were killed by the fall. 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. at Go To let go the Anchor. 1718 I. Newton Opticks (ed. 2) iii. i. 356 A Solution of Mercury in Aqua fortis being poured upon Iron, Copper, Tin or Lead, dissolves the Metal and lets go the Mercury. 1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 214 The oxygen of the acid combines with the carbon..and at the same time lets go a quantity of caloric. 1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 308/1 The Dauphin let go his father's hand. 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 26/1 He requested the pipe-seller to let go his hold. 1894 Clark Russell in My First Bk. 34 A big ship..let go her anchor in the Downs. b. intransitive. = to let go one's hold. Const. of. ΚΠ c1420 Anturs of Arth. (Douce) 470 ‘Let go’, quod sir Gawayne, ‘god stond with þe riȝte!’ 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xx. 228 Let goe slaue, or thou diest. View more context for this quotation 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 174 A Spring that lets go immediately, and shuts the Mouth of the Trap. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists iii. 112 Hill let go of his prey sulkily. 1889 Spectator 9 Mar. If once the heart lets go of the faith to which it used to cling. c. (a) To dismiss from one's thoughts; to abandon, give up; to cease to attend to or control. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > neglect foryemeOE misyemeOE miswitec1225 slidec1386 to leave behinda1393 mistendc1400 forgo?a1500 to let go1535 neglecta1538 to leave out in the cold1886 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > dismiss from consideration to put out of ——a1250 to lay awaya1400 to set asidec1407 to lay by1439 to lay asidec1440 to let (something) walkc1450 to set apart?1473 reject1490 seclude?1531 to let go1535 to put offc1540 to set by1592 sepose1593 to think away1620 to look over ——a1640 prescind1650 seposit1657 decognize1659 inconsider1697 to set over1701 shelf1819 sink1820 shelve1847 eliminate1848 to count out1854 discounta1856 defenestrate1917 neg1987 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. ii. 3 Let go youre greate boostinge of hye thynges. 1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Avi Such..do turne into the alehouse and let the church go. 1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido v. ii. G 2 Iarbus, talke not of Æneas, Let him goe. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. ii, in Wks. (1662) 5 To let go the name, and come to the very nature of that thing which is thereby signified. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 22 July (1972) VII. 213 I finding that accounts but a little let go can never be put in order by strangers. 1868 Ld. Tennyson Lucretius 113 Letting his own life go. 1878 Scribner's Monthly 15 859/1 Do only what is imperative and let the rest go. 1886 F. Pollock Oxf. Lect. (1890) iv. 107 Let go nothing that becomes a man of bodily or of mental excellence. (b) let it go at that: let that account, estimate, conclusion, etc., be accepted; let us say no more about it. ΚΠ 1827 Olive Branch 21 July 76/3 Well, sir, if you call it Methodism, I have no objection. We will then, if you please, let it go at that. 1881 J. C. Harris Uncle Remus xxx. 111 Hit wuz Miss Molly Cottontail, en I speck we better let it go at dat. 1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum xxxvi. 306 ‘Very well,’ said John, ‘we will let it go at that.’ 1917 J. Farnol Definite Obj. ii. 19 Eleven will do as well as any other time; let it go at that. 1917 J. Farnol Definite Obj. xxxvi. 312 Somebody tried to kill me, but somebody didn't kill me; here I am, getting stronger every day, so we'll let it go at that. 1955 J. D. Salinger Franny & Zooey (1962) 13 I'm no Freudian Man or anything like that, but certain things you can't just pass over as capital-F Freudian and let them go at that. 2000 W. Connerly Creating Equal iv. 72 I thought you'd just cast your vote and let it go at that. I didn't realize you were going to argue publicly against me. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > discharge (missile) sendc825 to let flyOE slenga1300 castc1325 lancec1330 throwa1382 launch?a1400 whirlc1440 fling1487 dischargec1500 to let goc1500 streek1513 deliver1574 level1592 fire1887 c1500 Three Kings' Sons (1895) 45 All suche ordenaunce as they had they lete go at ones. 1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David vii. xii Thou..ready art to lett thyne arrowes go. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 156 Ane suddant fray..throw occasioun of ane schot rakleslie lettin go. e. To cease to restrain; to allow to take its course unchecked. to let oneself (or it) go: (a) to give free vent to one's enthusiasm; (b) to neglect one's appearance, personal habits, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > not restrain [verb (transitive)] slidec1386 to give a person rope (also enough rope, etc.)a1475 to give (the) rein(s) (to)1484 to let go1526 to give (a horse) his (also her, its, etc.) head1571 license1605 to give linea1616 unchecka1616 to give a loose (occasionally give loose) to1685 to give stretch to1777 to let rip1857 the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > be zealous [verb (reflexive)] to let oneself (or it) go1890 the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > be or become zealous [verb (intransitive)] > give free vent to enthusiasm to let oneself (or it) go1890 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > omit to care for oneself [verb (reflexive)] to forget oneselfa1200 to let go1960 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xxvii. 15 When the shippe was caught, and coulde not resist the wynde, we let her goo and drave with the wedder. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job vi. 9 That he wolde let his honde go, and hew me downe. 1890 Spectator 1 Nov. Once, and once only, does he let himself ‘go’, and then not till he has threatened to throw down his pen. 1893 National Observer 1 Apr. 488/2 The multitude is taking its pleasure, is letting itself go. 1923 A. Bennett Riceyman Steps v. i. 239 Her sole concern..was the condition of the shop. Ought she to clean it, or ought she to ‘let it go’? 1960 Woman 23 Apr. 17/3 The first step towards ‘letting yourself go’. 1963 N. Streatfeild Vicarage Family ii. 20 There is a flower garden. It's been let go rather but I saw some nice rose trees. 1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 186 She tries not ‘to let herself go’, keeps young-looking. 1971 R. Rendell One Across v. 48 She's made a nice job of my hair, hasn't she? I wouldn't want Ethel to think I'd let myself go. f. let-go n. An act of letting go. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > releasing hold > [noun] to let go1631 release1821 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > release from confinement unbinding1382 releasing1395 loosing1415 dischargec1458 enlargement1540 release1559 relaxationa1578 unloosing1578 bail1598 loosening1598 releasant1606 enlarge1608 dismission1609 eluctation1627 to let go1631 relaxating1647 unfetteringa1653 disimprisonment1656 disimprisoning1659 absolute discharge1729 disincarceration1831 decarceration1963 1631 T. Powell Tom of All Trades 31 Shipping is subject ever, at the let goe, to bee stayed. 1702 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. iii. 7 [A dog match] for a Guinea each Dog, five let-goes out of hand,..which goes fairest and furthest in wins all. 1885 H. Cholmondeley-Pennell in H. Cholmondeley-Pennell et al. Fishing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) I. 84 Catastrophes..averted only by an ignominious let-go of the gaff. to let (a person) go to let (a person) go: to release or (euphemistic) dismiss (a person) from employment. Also to let go of. ΚΠ 1871 R. W. Thomson Rights of Labour & Nine Hours' Movement 11 If he decides to let you go,..you must abide by your bargain, and go honourably to look for labour elsewhere. 1924 Seasonal Operation Constr. Industries v. 50 Taxes and maintenance expenses go on; yard workers are let go. 1985 Philadelphia Inquirer (Electronic ed.) 26 Aug. h2 We cut costs and let go of employees, and I did a lot more of the work myself. 1991 M. Dibdin Dirty Tricks (1992) 75 Clive tells me he's had to let you go. 2005 Z. Smith On Beauty 434 Two weeks earlier Howard had let go of Monique, the cleaner, describing her as an expense they could no longer afford. < as lemmas |
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