单词 | tempest-tossed |
释义 | tempest-tossedadj. Tossed by or as by a tempest. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [adjective] > storm-tossed forstormed1393 sea-beaten1562 sea-beat1579 storm-beaten1582 storm-beat1590 tempest-tossed1599 tempest-beaten1605 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > stormy > accompanied with or done in rough weather > tossed or beaten by storms storm-beat1590 tempest-tossed1599 tempest-beaten1605 tempesteda1631 bestormed1837 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. v. 137 The windes thy sighes..will ouerset Thy tempest tossed body. View more context for this quotation a1822 P. B. Shelley Prince Athanase ii. ii, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 251 Thus had his age, dark, cold, and tempest-tost, Shone truth upon Zonoras. 1955 E. Pound Classic Anthol. i. 8 My heart is no more tempest-toss'd. 1984 Times 10 Mar. 17/1 People wrangle and row as though they were part of a tempest-tossed drama by John Cassavetes. Derivatives 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! ˈtempest-ˌtossing n. violent agitation by or as by a tempest, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > violent agitation boilingc1660 convulsiona1701 tempest-tossing1867 paroxysm1893 1867 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings (1870) xii. 233 Those very afflictions and tempest-tossings which the Church bewails. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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