单词 | bensel |
释义 | benseln. Scottish and northern dialect. Bending, tension, spring (of mental faculties); strong bent or determination; impetus (of a body in motion). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > [noun] > force of movement coursec1330 swough1338 swayc1374 birra1382 feezec1405 impetc1440 radeur1477 ravina1500 sweight1513 bensela1522 swinge1583 impetus1656 motive power1702 impulse1715 momentum1740 impulsion1795 send1890 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) viii. xii. 37 Ourweltit with the bensell of the ayris [=oars]. 1648 R. Baillie Let. 23 Aug. (1842) III. 59 I found the bent-saile of the spirits of some so much on the Engagement. a1658 J. Durham Dying Man's Test. (1659) 79 Men weary..for our spirits are soon out of bensall. 1734 A. Welwood Glimpse Glory ix. 192 Surely, if you be partakers of his [God's] nature, you cannot but bend to him with a strong Bensil. 1807 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (new ed.) 61 A hangrell gang Com with a bensil owr the sea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021). benselv. dialect. transitive. To drive, knock (about); to bang, beat. ΚΠ 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 6 Bensel, to bang or beat. 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 8 Warmed her jerkin wi' a sound switching, an bensill'd her purely. Northampton & Staffordsh. dial., The child never rests: it is always being banselled about for something. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1522v.1673 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。