英语词汇“off one's legs”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. off one's legs. Cf. foot n. and int. Phrases 2b(a).

(a) So as to be no longer standing. Sometimes (esp. in early use) used specifically to describe the effects of sickness or weakness; now usually in to go (also be) off one's legs.

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1622 L. Digges tr. G. de Céspedes y Meneses Gerardo ii. iii. 468 About to haue giuen him a secret iogge, hee [sc. Leoncio] had like to set him off his legges to the ground.

a1654 J. Murcot Several Wks. (1657) 629 The Prodigal was almost beaten off his leggs.

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 188 Purging Comfits and Ants eggs Had almost brought him off his leggs.

1668 R. Alleine World Conquered 196 How little a wind will blow us off our legs?

1772 R. Warner tr. Plautus Twin Brothers Prol., in B. Thornton et al. tr. Plautus Comedies III. 6 Th'rapid river rap'd him off his legs, And snatch'd him to destruction.

1871 C. H. Hackley tr. T. Billroth Gen. Surg. Pathol. & Therapeutics xvi. 452 Rachitic children are rarely brought to the doctor before either the parents notice the thick limbs or distortion, or until, as the mother expresses it, ‘they are off their legs,’ i. e., they no longer wish to stand or walk.

1904 Clin. Jrnl. 23 Mar. 359/1 Many children who have had an acute illness will go off their legs for a long time.

1953 W. Powell-Owen Compl. Poultry Bk. (rev. ed.) ix. 135 Some of the birds went off their legs and laid a lot of shell-less eggs.

2004 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 18 Jan. 19 He was walking off the road behind his buddies when the explosive device knocked him off his legs.

(b) To the point of exhaustion or collapse. Now usually in to run (a person) off his (also her) feet (or legs) at run v. Phrases 3b(a), to rush (a person) off his (also her) feet (or legs) at rush v.² Phrases 5.

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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > become weary or exhausted [verb (intransitive)] > cause another to be weary or exhausted

off his legs1631

to weary out1647

1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse i. i, in Wks. II. 97 They ride 'hem [sc. vices] like their horses off their legges, And here they come to Hell, whole legions of 'hem, Euery weeke tyr'd.

1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Epidicus v. vii, in tr. Plautus Comedies 120 'Sbudikins, you've almost walk'd me off my Legs tho'.

1776 W. Ward New Treat. Method Breeding Breaking & Training Horses 66 The horse is..trained off his legs before he comes to start.

1823 R. Heber Let. 6 Feb. in A. Heber Life R. Heber (1830) II. xxi. 122 I am really almost worked off my legs.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 159 Girls, who will dance him off his legs, unless he's very fit indeed.

1977 R. Park Swords & Crowns & Rings 190 Claudie and Iris, worked off their legs at the shop, tottered home late at night with bits of Belgian sausage and potato salad.

(c) Into the air; off the ground.

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1749 G. West tr. Lucian Of Gymnastick Exercises in tr. Pindar Odes p. clvi Tell me, Solon, what those Young Fellows are about... One of them, as you see, has lifted his Antagonist off his Legs, dashed him upon the Ground, and falling upon him, will not suffer him to rise.

1834 Farmer's Mag. May 13/1 Perhaps one of the best wrestles during the day was that between Nathaniel Robson and John Ewins, who was fairly lifted off his legs and compelled to measure his length on the grass by the former.

1928 Times 17 Dec. 17/5 The sensation of being lifted off one's legs is rare.

2005 Afr. News (Nexis) 24 Aug. A policeman who observed how the crowd had besieged her in the area and had come to her rescue was swept off his legs and carried away by the street urchins.

单词	off one's legs
释义	> as lemmas off one's legs a. off one's legs. Cf. foot n. and int. Phrases 2b(a). (a) So as to be no longer standing. Sometimes (esp. in early use) used specifically to describe the effects of sickness or weakness; now usually in to go (also be) off one's legs. ΚΠ 1622 L. Digges tr. G. de Céspedes y Meneses Gerardo ii. iii. 468 About to haue giuen him a secret iogge, hee [sc. Leoncio] had like to set him off his legges to the ground. a1654 J. Murcot Several Wks. (1657) 629 The Prodigal was almost beaten off his leggs. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 188 Purging Comfits and Ants eggs Had almost brought him off his leggs. 1668 R. Alleine World Conquered 196 How little a wind will blow us off our legs? 1772 R. Warner tr. Plautus Twin Brothers Prol., in B. Thornton et al. tr. Plautus Comedies III. 6 Th'rapid river rap'd him off his legs, And snatch'd him to destruction. 1871 C. H. Hackley tr. T. Billroth Gen. Surg. Pathol. & Therapeutics xvi. 452 Rachitic children are rarely brought to the doctor before either the parents notice the thick limbs or distortion, or until, as the mother expresses it, ‘they are off their legs,’ i. e., they no longer wish to stand or walk. 1904 Clin. Jrnl. 23 Mar. 359/1 Many children who have had an acute illness will go off their legs for a long time. 1953 W. Powell-Owen Compl. Poultry Bk. (rev. ed.) ix. 135 Some of the birds went off their legs and laid a lot of shell-less eggs. 2004 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 18 Jan. 19 He was walking off the road behind his buddies when the explosive device knocked him off his legs. (b) To the point of exhaustion or collapse. Now usually in to run (a person) off his (also her) feet (or legs) at run v. Phrases 3b(a), to rush (a person) off his (also her) feet (or legs) at rush v.² Phrases 5. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > become weary or exhausted [verb (intransitive)] > cause another to be weary or exhausted off his legs1631 to weary out1647 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse i. i, in Wks. II. 97 They ride 'hem [sc. vices] like their horses off their legges, And here they come to Hell, whole legions of 'hem, Euery weeke tyr'd. 1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Epidicus v. vii, in tr. Plautus Comedies 120 'Sbudikins, you've almost walk'd me off my Legs tho'. 1776 W. Ward New Treat. Method Breeding Breaking & Training Horses 66 The horse is..trained off his legs before he comes to start. 1823 R. Heber Let. 6 Feb. in A. Heber Life R. Heber (1830) II. xxi. 122 I am really almost worked off my legs. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 159 Girls, who will dance him off his legs, unless he's very fit indeed. 1977 R. Park Swords & Crowns & Rings 190 Claudie and Iris, worked off their legs at the shop, tottered home late at night with bits of Belgian sausage and potato salad. (c) Into the air; off the ground. ΚΠ 1749 G. West tr. Lucian Of Gymnastick Exercises in tr. Pindar Odes p. clvi Tell me, Solon, what those Young Fellows are about... One of them, as you see, has lifted his Antagonist off his Legs, dashed him upon the Ground, and falling upon him, will not suffer him to rise. 1834 Farmer's Mag. May 13/1 Perhaps one of the best wrestles during the day was that between Nathaniel Robson and John Ewins, who was fairly lifted off his legs and compelled to measure his length on the grass by the former. 1928 Times 17 Dec. 17/5 The sensation of being lifted off one's legs is rare. 2005 Afr. News (Nexis) 24 Aug. A policeman who observed how the crowd had besieged her in the area and had come to her rescue was swept off his legs and carried away by the street urchins. extracted from legn. < as lemmas
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