| 单词 | strike out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto strike out to strike out 1. transitive. To cancel or erase by or as by a stroke of a pen; to remove from a record, text, list, etc.; also, †to erase, to rub or wipe out.Cf. to strike out of at sense 13a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > efface, obliterate [verb (transitive)] > erase by marking strikec1386 to rub offa1425 cancelc1440 streakc1440 cross1483 outstrike1487 line1530 to strike out1530 dash1549 to strike off1597 cancellate1664 damask1673 score1687 to run through1817 overscore1834 blue-pencil1883 stroke1885 caviar1890 to stencil out1891 to strike through1898 ex1935 x1942 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 740/1 I stryke out, or blotte out with a penne..joblittere. 1535 J. Mason in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 59 The ignorant preist..wolde not suffer the name of Satanas in the Masbook, butt strake itt owte and putt God in the place of itt. 1693 J. Dryden in tr. Persius Satires i. 18 (note) Floors..were strew'd with dust, or sand; in which the Numbers, and Diagrams were made and drawn, which they might strike out again at Pleasure. 1830 A. De Morgan Elem. Arith. 48 Strike out as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers at the right of the divisor. 1853 Congr. Globe 15 Feb. 627/2 Its only effect will be to strike out the salary of the Superintendent. 1861 Congr. Globe 18 Feb. 947/2 I will read the words to be stricken out. 1892 Law Times 93 414/2 The memorandum of association..should be altered by striking out certain paragraphs and substituting others therefor. 2. Mining. (See quot. 1778.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [verb (intransitive)] > be interrupted to strike out1778 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis Expl. Terms 329/1 When a Lode by any Flookan..[etc.] is interrupted or cut out, they say also, ‘She is struck out,’ or, ‘She is lost.’ 3. To produce or elicit as by a blow or stroke. Also intransitive for reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > in other specific ways sprengec1300 weavec1420 unwomb1594 coagulate1633 texture1694 to strike out1720 to strike out1735 transcreatea1834 peel1885 the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > elicit or call forth > forcefully to wring out1560 to strike out1720 1720 R. Steele Conscious Lovers iii. i We must strike out some pretty Livelyhood for our selves, by closing their Affairs. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 143 He can't have thought of every thing. And something may strike out for me there. 1748 J. Mason Ess. Elocution 26 Every Word is emphatical, and on which ever Word you lay the Emphasis,..it strikes out a different Sense. 1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France (1789) I. viii. 53 Difficulties and dangers often strike out particles of genius. 1874 J. S. Blackie On Self-culture 11 The true magician's wand for striking out the most important results is induction. 4. To produce by a stroke of invention (a plan, scheme, fashion, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > in other specific ways sprengec1300 weavec1420 unwomb1594 coagulate1633 texture1694 to strike out1720 to strike out1735 transcreatea1834 peel1885 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > contrive, devise, or invent [verb (transitive)] findeOE conceive1340 seek1340 brewc1386 divine1393 to find outc1405 to search outc1425 to find up?c1430 forgec1430 upfindc1440 commentc1450 to dream out1533 inventa1538 father1548 spina1575 coin1580 conceit1591 mint1593 spawn1594 cook1599 infantize1619 fabulize1633 notionate1645 to make upc1650 to spin outa1651 to cook up1655 to strike out1735 mother1788 to think up1855 to noodle out1950 gin1980 1735 Ld. Harrington Let. 9 Oct. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 261 But might not a third way be struck out founded upon your Idea of Security for the Succession of Tuscany? 1821 Examiner 9/2 He..struck out a speculation in oil that in one year brought him an enormous sum. 1842 E. Miall in Nonconformist 2 329 Plans hastily struck out by a little knot of individuals. 1859 C. J. Lever Davenport Dunn ixxvi. 669 He'd strike out a new scheme, and say carelessly, ‘Call the capital one million.’ 1879 M. Pattison Milton xiii. 170 Of this difference Wordsworth was conscious when he struck out the phrase, ‘In his hand the thing became a trumpet.’ 5. To represent in a working drawing or plan. Also, to sketch rapidly. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > draw [verb (transitive)] > roughly or rapidly to shade out1591 to score out1615 to strike out1678 scribble1692 sketch1725 sketch1786 to rough in1826 cartoon1887 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. v. 82 So shall the bounds of your Mortess be struck out on the Quarter. 1753 F. Price Brit. Carpenter (ed. 3) 45 Which not only shews the use of the pitch-board, in striking out the string-board, the newels, and rails, but [etc.]. 1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 325 (note) A hasty drawing throughout,..he has struck out the broken fence..with a few impetuous dashes of the hand. 1885 J. G. Horner Pattern Making 28 For the working drawing we strike out a sectional view. 6. To open up, make for oneself (a path, course, line). Chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish > establish a state of things > for oneself to strike out1712 1712 J. Hughes Spectator No. 554. ⁋3 He began to strike out new Tracks of Science. 1823 T. Ross tr. F. Bouterwek Hist. Spanish & Portuguese Lit. I. 229 Herrera..evinced undaunted resolution in pursuing the new path which he had struck out for himself. 1881 S. R. Gardiner & J. B. Mullinger Introd. Study Eng. Hist. i. iii. 49 Thought..had no tendency to strike out new and untrodden paths. 1884 Graphic 22 Nov. 554/1 I have struck out my own line, and made a reputation under another name. 1892 Chambers's Jrnl. 2 July 426/2 Tried to strike out a course in the world for myself. 7. intransitive. To go energetically. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > energetically stretchc1275 peg1748 to strike out1847 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. xi. 199 He..struck out in the direction in which it [sc. the pitfall] lay. 1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. II. xvii. 78 He struck out as though walking for a wager. 8. To hit violently, to lay about one (with the fists, a weapon, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > stroke with weapon > strike (of weapon) [verb (intransitive)] > strike with a weapon > on all sides to lay about onea1500 to lay about1609 to strike out1859 1859 Habits Good Society v. 191 Strike out, strike straight, strike suddenly; keep one arm to guard, and punish with the other. 1885 ‘E. F. Byrrne’ Entangled III. ii. xxi. 197 It was this..that prompted him to strike out murderously at her. 1891 D. Russell Secret of River I. xi. 239 Striking out at the tall reeds by the river with his stick. 9. In various games. (See quots.) Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (intransitive)] > be put out to strike out1853 pop1885 peg1939 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > croquet > play croquet [verb (intransitive)] > hit winning post to strike out1897 1853 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon Territory) 2 July 1/5 No doubt they will find that strikers have struck out. 1866 N.Y. Herald 28 Aug. 8/2 Pennington was third man at the bat, and struck out. 1874 H. Chadwick Base Ball Man. 56 When the batsman strikes at a fair ball three times, and fails to hit it, and the ball be caught, or it be sent to first base in time to put the player out, he ‘strikes’ out. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 254/1 (Croquet) Strike out, to hit the winning post after passing through the hoops in order. 1937 New Yorker 19 June 30 The senator had his hopes, but he struck out on three wide ‘ha's’. 1974 Los Angeles Times 13 Oct. iii. 10/2 Garvey grounded to short. Ferguson struck out. 10. To draw out the scythe in mowing. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > harvest [verb (intransitive)] > reap or mow > use scythe scythe1574 to strike out1840 to strike in1845 1840 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 1 iv. 444 In using the scythe..the great art is to leave a short..ridge of stubble,..which is done by setting in and striking out, about five inches from the soil. 11. transitive. Of a pitcher in Baseball, to put (a batter) out by pitching three strikes to a batter. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (transitive)] > put out > a batter to catch out1855 retire1870 to strike out1939 1939 E. J. Nichols Hist. Dict. Baseball Terminol. (Ph.D. thesis, Pennsylvania State Coll.) 75 Strike-out king, a pitcher who is noted for the large number of times he strikes out opposing batters. 1968 Washington Post 4 July c1/8 It was the third time in the game that he struck out the side. 1975 New Yorker 14 Apr. 92/2 He struck out two of the first three Yankee batters, without really trying his fastball. to strike out to strike out intransitive. figurative (originally and chiefly U.S.). To fail, be unsuccessful; spec. to fail to attract a sexual partner. Cf. strike-out n. at Compounds, to strike out 9 at Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] withsitc1330 fail1340 defaulta1382 errc1430 to fall (also go) by the wayside1526 misthrive1567 miss1599 to come bad, or no, speedc1600 shrink1608 abortivea1670 maroon1717 to flash in the pan1792 skunk1831 to go to the dickens1833 to miss fire1838 to fall flat1841 fizzle1847 to lose out1858 to fall down1873 to crap out1891 flivver1912 flop1919 skid1920 to lay an egg1929 to blow out1939 to strike out1946 bomb1963 to come (also have) a buster1968 1946 A. M. Smith Thank you, Mr. President iv. 60 She promised to try to convince her father that such a historic meeting warranted an independently reported record. But she struck out, just as Early had. 1970 R. Thorp & R. Blake Music of their Laughter 138/2 That's always a gas, and I had struck out that night. 1987 N. Spinrad Little Heroes (1989) 27 They sometimes staggered home alone..after striking out with the muchachas. 1998 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 29 Sept. b2 Checking their father's Army records, the two women struck out again when they were told a fire in 1976 destroyed a lot of records, including her father's. 2000 R. B. Parker Perish Twice (2001) 94 Usually picks up a woman... That's what he comes in for. Nurses maybe one beer at the bar until he scores or strikes out. to strike out 9. Tanning. To smooth and expand (skins). Also to strike out. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > work with skins [verb (transitive)] > stretch or smooth hides or leather beam1605 stake1686 frizz1697 strike1764 seta1884 snuff1897 1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 54 Mr. Brookfield, tanner, reported, the specimens exhibited were well tanned, and thoroughly struck. 1845 G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. 5th Ser. 193 The goat-skins, after being thoroughly washed, are..‘struck’, that is scraped and rubbed out as smooth as possible. 1845 G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. 5th Ser. 193 The drying in the loft has had the effect of shrivelling the skins..to obviate which, the skins are wetted, and ‘struck out’, or smoothed again. 1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) xxiii. 364 The skins..are next ‘struck out’ on mahogany tables... A steel ‘slicker’ is used for this operation. to strike out a. Nautical. To lower (a thing) into the hold by means of a rope and tackle. Chiefly to strike down (also absol.). Also, to strike out, to hoist out from the hold and lower to the dock. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > lower into hold strike1644 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 104 When we lower any thing into the howld with the tackles or any other roape, we call it Striking-down into Howld. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. v. 56 Each Captain had orders..to strike down some of their great guns into the hold. 1850 H. Melville White-jacket xxxvii. 183 To the..consternation of the sailors, an order now came from the quarter-deck to ‘strike the strangers down into the main-hold!’ c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 71 The fore hatchway, for striking down or hoisting up stores in the fore part of the ship. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Strike down! the order to lower casks, &c., into the hold. 1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. II. xxi. 181 He had struck the long gun forward down below. to strike out (a) To produce (fire, a spark) by percussion, esp. by the percussion of flint and steel. Chiefly in the phrase to strike fire. Also, to strike out. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > produce by striking > specific fire or sparks to smite firec1300 strike?c1450 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > kindle or set alight > produce (fire or spark) by striking slayc1000 strike?c1450 to strike a light1684 ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 823 Þan of flynt fyre þai strake, And made a fyre. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 424 To strike fier with a flint, excutere silicis scintillam. 1578–9 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 117 For an yron to stryke fyer with in the revestrie, 3 d. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. ii. sig. C4v Showers of dartes may darke Heauens ample browe: but not strike out a sparke. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. ii. 119 The manner to strike fire in rubbing two stones one against another, as some Indians vse. 1725 London Gaz. No. 6447/4 One of the said Persons did strike Fire. 1755 E. Young Centaur i, in Wks. (1757) IV. 129 I must observe, that no man can strike fire with a feather. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake v. 218 Blair-Drummond sees the hoofs strike fire. 1862 Temple Bar 6 169 The fire which is struck out of a flint. 1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming xvii Two flints strike fire. < as lemmas |
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