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单词 round in a person's ear
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to round in a person's ear
Very common before the 18th cent., frequently in to round in a person's ear.extracted from roundv.1
to round in a person's (also the) ear
2. transitive. Frequently in to round in a person's (also the) ear.
a. To whisper (something); to utter or say in a whisper. Also: †to mutter, murmur (something) (obsolete). Also with clause or direct speech as object.Very common before the 18th cent.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > whisper
roundOE
tutel?c1225
whistera1382
mumblec1450
tickle1575
siffilate1836
stage-whisper1978
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > whisper > address in a whisper
roundOE
whisper1540
stage-whisper1978
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OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 60 Me is eac gesæd þæt ða iudeiscan syrwiað, and runiað him betwynan hu hi þe berædan magon.
lOE Distichs of Cato (Trin. Cambr.) x, in Anglia (1972) 90 6 Þeah þe monn hwelces yfeles on hlige, & þu ðe unscyldigne wite, ne rex ðu hwæt hi ræden oððe runien [L. si quis tacito sermone loquatur].
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 2460 The mannes herte anon is there, And rouneth tales in hire Ere.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 241 What rowne ye with oure mayde, benedicte Sire, olde lechour, lat thy Iapes be.
a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 1273 Seint Ambrose..Anon right rowned to his compaignye, ‘Sires, it is tyme þat we hennes hye.’
a1450 tr. Aelred of Rievaulx De Institutione Inclusarum (Bodl.) (1984) 3 (MED) Be wel war that no messanger..rowne venym in thyn ere.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 2002 (MED) How he was begilid, þurh-out al the town Þer & þer a coupill gon to speke & to roune.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) i. 47 I rowned to the in the quyer halfe wordes, & therfore I am byden to satysfaccion.
1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados iv. f. lxxxiiiv This ilk cursit fame, we spak of ere Bare to the amouris quene, noyis and gan roune The schips ar grathand, to pas thay mak tham boune.
1568 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 184 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 266 Scho rownis than ane pistill in his eir.
1625 H. Holland Cypres Garland sig. C2v Least when Report this in her eare hath rouned Your Country with her teares, and theirs be drouned.
1638 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) I. 75 He keeps his old wife plainnesse, for he rownes not that he avowed to the king his necessity to leave Scotland for feare of his life.
1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 81 When thei rown in their maids ears so frequently and fiercely, What slow haste make yee?
1721 A. Ramsay Lucky Spence xiii I..Roun'd in his lug, that there was a Poor country Kate [etc.].
1893 G. MacDonald Sc. Songs & Ballads 388 The waukin' man i' the sleepin man's lug Wud rown a murgeon o' micht.
β. ?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Bvi I haue an errande to rounde in your ere.1552 Ordre Hospital S. Bartholomewes Pref. sig. A.iiijv Certeyne busie bodies..rounded into the eares of the preachers..their tender consideracion.a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 217 They're here with me already; whisp'ring, rounding: Sicilia is a so-forth. View more context for this quotationa1698 W. Row Contin. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) 547 The Prelates did round and whisper among themselves what was spoken or done.a1752 R. Erskine Serm. (1764) II. xcix. 181/2 Rounding into their ear some sudden comfort.1764 A. Henderson William the Conqueror iii. 93 Meeting the duke, he secretly rounded in his ear, that if he advanced any farther, he was undone.1818 W. Hazlitt Polit. Ess. (1819) 277 The whisper of a King rounded in the ear of a favourite is re-echoed back in speeches and votes of Parliament.1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. x. 525 Ill Margraf rounded things into the Crown-Prince's ear, in an unmannerly way.1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell i. i. 18 I had rather have his head loose at my foot Than his tongue's counsel rounded in mine ear.1924 Western Story Mag. 21 June 2/1 Some wise-headed officer of the law usually..rounded a secret in the ear of Jack.1980 F. J. Sypher & E. Sypher tr. Nivardus Ysengrimus 73 At this moment the fox called the wolf aside and rounded in his ear: ‘Uncle, what things this day will bring us!’
b. To address (a person) in a whisper; (in later use) esp. to take (a person) privately to task. Obsolete.
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c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 106 Sche..rowned hym in the ere and seyde, ‘My dere sone, [etc.].’
a1500 Bk. Curtesy (Adv.) in Englische Studien (1886) 9 52 (MED) Loke þou rowne [v.r. rownde] no man in þo eyre.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xxxiii. 15 In dreames and visions of the night season..he rowneth them in the eares.
1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xi. 145 They shal even feele themselues to be touched, and so closely rounded [1611 rouned] in the eare, as they cannot deny their offence.
1649 R. Hodges Plainest Direct. 18 She went round about, and rowned him in his ear.
β. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 694/2 Go rounde hym in the eare and bydde him come and suppe with me.1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1149/1 George Gilpin..came to him and rounded him in his eare.1606 S. Gardiner Bk. Angling 85 Elias thought himself the only remainder of the Church of Israel..: But God otherwise rounded him in the eare.a1689 A. Behn Lucky Mistake in Wks. (1915) V. 377 At first he thought to round him severely in the Ear about it.1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. 82 The king of the country sent for him and rounded him in the ear on his purpos'd treachery.1815 ‘J. Mathers’ Hist. Mr. John Decastro & Brother Bat I. 49 Old Crab did not let slip so favourable an opportunity to round his brother a little in the ear upon this subject.1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! II. x. 266 He rounded his friend Mr. Brimblecombe in the ear, and told him he had better play the man a little more.
c. With double object: to whisper (something) to (a person). Obsolete.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > whisper > whisper something to a person
round1579
buzz1637
1579 S. Gosson Apol. Schoole of Abuse in Ephemerides Phialo f. 91v His Pypers were ready too rounde him in the eare, what hee should speake.
1604 T. Middleton Blacke Bk. sig. D3 This ramish Penny-father I rounded in the left Eare..the place and houre.
1688 Vox Cleri Pro Rege 53 We have oft of late been rounded in the Ears, That the Priests Lips do keep Knowledge.
1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Jan. 6/2 He slily rounded the first lady in the ear, that an action might lie against the Crown.
1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. iv. 27 Then round us in the ears from morn to night..That you are robbed, starved, beaten and what not.
d. To whisper or speak into (the ear). Obsolete.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > whisper > into the ear
hearken1612
round1624
1624 F. Quarles Iob Militant vii. 13 Did Record ever round thine eare, That God forsooke the heart, that was sincere?
1662 J. Wall Divine Theater 80 Give me leave to round your eares, and to rouse your Spirits as a Sonne of Thunder.
e. With up. To rebuke or reprove (a person). Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)]
threac897
threapc897
begripea1000
threata1000
castea1200
chaste?c1225
takec1275
blame1297
chastya1300
sniba1300
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undernima1325
rebukec1330
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chastisea1375
arate1377
challenge1377
undertake1377
reprehenda1382
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snapea1400
underfoc1400
to call to account1434
to put downc1440
snebc1440
uptakec1440
correptc1449
reformc1450
reprise?c1450
to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450
control1451
redarguec1475
berisp1481
to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522
checkc1530
admonish1541
nip1548
twig?1550
impreve1552
lesson1555
to take down1562
to haul (a person) over the coals1565
increpate1570
touch1570
school1573
to gather up1577
task1580
redarguate?1590
expostulate1592
tutor1599
sauce1601
snip1601
sneap1611
to take in tax1635
to sharp up1647
round1653
threapen1671
reprimand1681
to take to task1682
document1690
chapter1693
repulse1746
twink1747
to speak to ——1753
haul1795
to pull up1799
carpet1840
rig1841
to talk to1860
to take (a person) to the woodshed1882
rawhide1895
to tell off1897
to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900
to get on ——1904
to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908
strafe1915
tick1915
woodshed1935
to slap (a person) down1938
sort1941
bind1942
bottle1946
mat1948
ream1950
zap1961
elder1967
1653 S. Fisher Παιδοβαπτιζοντες Παιδιζοντες: Baby-baptism 98 Yet see how he rounds them up as having no part nor portion in that matter.
1684 M. Prance Postscript to Observators 6 She rounding him up for broaching such false Stories against me.
a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) IX. 169 The spirit rounds them up with this short advice.
1893 B. Nye Baled Hay (new ed.) 179 You remember..how he rounded me up for not sending him those goods?
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