英语词汇“the oar”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. the oar: with reference to slaves or convicts forced to row in galleys. Also figurative. Now rare.Cf. to tug at the (an) oar at tug v. 6b.

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1682 A. Behn False Count iii. i. 228 There's not above a Dozen, besides the Slaves that are chain'd to the Oar.

1683 Dutch Rogue 3 On an instant depressed from Riches to Extreme Wants..reduced from the Scepter and Chair of State to the Oar and Galley.

1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World II. iii. 38 Not that my Master..did use to keep his Prentices like Gally-slaves, chain'd to the Oar for Life.

1711 London Gaz. No. 4942/1 To condemn Criminals..to the Oar.

1719 J. Barker Ethics 134 For I look on Persons of that Rank but as Slaves to the Publick, chain'd to the Oar of Ceremony.

a1767 M. Bruce Poems Several Occasions 151 He who never knew Its wound is happy, though a fetter'd slave, Chain'd to the oar.

1843 R. Browning Return of Druses in Bells & Pomegranates No. IV iii Visions of gaunt fathers, Quick-eyed sons, fugitives from the mine, the oar.

1848 G. H. Boker Calaynos ii. iv, in Plays & Poems (1883) 40 You've done a deed might bring you to the oar.

1875 A. Helps Social Pressure vi. 76 You are either..a slave at the oar, or a serf at the tiller.

1931 J. C. Woods Siesta in Pageant of Poets 53 The thraldom of the oar And the torment of the seas.

单词	the oar
释义	> as lemmas the oar b. the oar: with reference to slaves or convicts forced to row in galleys. Also figurative. Now rare.Cf. to tug at the (an) oar at tug v. 6b. ΚΠ 1682 A. Behn False Count iii. i. 228 There's not above a Dozen, besides the Slaves that are chain'd to the Oar. 1683 Dutch Rogue 3 On an instant depressed from Riches to Extreme Wants..reduced from the Scepter and Chair of State to the Oar and Galley. 1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World II. iii. 38 Not that my Master..did use to keep his Prentices like Gally-slaves, chain'd to the Oar for Life. 1711 London Gaz. No. 4942/1 To condemn Criminals..to the Oar. 1719 J. Barker Ethics 134 For I look on Persons of that Rank but as Slaves to the Publick, chain'd to the Oar of Ceremony. a1767 M. Bruce Poems Several Occasions 151 He who never knew Its wound is happy, though a fetter'd slave, Chain'd to the oar. 1843 R. Browning Return of Druses in Bells & Pomegranates No. IV iii Visions of gaunt fathers, Quick-eyed sons, fugitives from the mine, the oar. 1848 G. H. Boker Calaynos ii. iv, in Plays & Poems (1883) 40 You've done a deed might bring you to the oar. 1875 A. Helps Social Pressure vi. 76 You are either..a slave at the oar, or a serf at the tiller. 1931 J. C. Woods Siesta in Pageant of Poets 53 The thraldom of the oar And the torment of the seas. extracted from oarn. < as lemmas
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