单词 | redrive |
释义 | redrivev. transitive. To drive back; to drive again. ΚΠ 1594 Willobie his Auisa xl. f. 37v Renowmed chaste Penelope, With all her wordes could not redryue Her sutors. 1619 M. Drayton Barrons Wars (rev. ed.) ii. lxxi. 30 As a Ship being gotten neere the Shore, By awkward Winds re-driuen to the Deepe, So is the Muse, from whence she came of late, Into the Businesse of a troubled State. a1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Art of Love (1724) ii. x. 285 As to and fro the doubtful Galliot rides, Here driven by Winds, and there redriven by Tydes. 1772 J. Pechell Hist. Univ. Oxf. to Death William the Conqueror 29 The city soon after raised,—the scholars assembled,—but another like misfortune overtook it again, and redrove them from their quarters. 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xviii. 195 Lo! the fiery sheckra to his feet Return'd, as if by equal force re-driven. 1862 G. C. Wallich N. Atlantic Sea-bed ii. 111 The cork being at first forced inwards, and subsequently redriven into the neck of the bottle so as to close it as effectually as before. 1927 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 133 87/2 The car is driven and redriven between store and garage by a garage employee. 2005 Boston Globe (Nexis) 17 Nov. c3 Pull the nail, insert some adhesive caulk, and redrive the nail. It should hold a long while. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1594 |
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