| 单词 | bend backward |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbend backward a. Of motion: In the direction of one's back or of that to which one's back is turned, as to lean backward, bend backward, fall backward, push backward, be pushed backward. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in backward direction > in direction of one's or its back backward1330 backa1400 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 190 He smote him in the helm, bakwarde he bare his stroupe. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xiii. xxvi. 456 By vyolente puttynge of ayre bakward the body of the byrde meuyth forwarde. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. iv. 18 He fell downe bacwarde from the seate..and brake his neck. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy xv. 6636 Bold men bakward borne of hor horses. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 101 Clouds of Sand arise; Spurn'd, and cast backward on the Follower's Eyes. View more context for this quotation 1792 Rules & Regulations His Majesty's Forces i. 15 Bending backward or forward is not to be permitted. 1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. II. lx. 362 Short horns bent backward. 1813 Examiner 29 Mar. 207/1 The bending of the back bone, backward and forward. < as lemmas |
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