| 单词 | tempest-toss |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈtempest-ˌtoss ˈtempest-ˌtoss v. (transitive and intransitive) to toss or pitch about as a tempest or a tempestuous sea; to agitate or be agitated violently. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] > violently or convulsively tempest1390 tempest-tossa1616 tumultuate1616 convulse1643 tumult1819 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. iii. 24 Though his Barke cannot be lost, Yet it shall be Tempest-tost . View more context for this quotation 1681 in Roxburghe Ballads (1886) VI. 77 Where peevish coyness and disdain Do tempest-toss the mind. 1747 P. Francis tr. Horace Epist. i. xi. 19 Though by strong Winds your Bark were Tempest-tost. 1883 E. Lazarus in Catal. Pedestal Fund. Exhib. (National Acad. Design) 9 Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door! < as lemmas |
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