单词 | thrower-out |
释义 | > as lemmasthrower-out C1. With adverbs, forming compound agent nouns corresponding to adverbial combinations of the verb (see throw v.1 Phrasal verbs), as thrower-away, thrower-down, thrower-out, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > expulsion or driving out > specific people from a place, position, or possession > ignominious or forcible > one who throwera1616 bouncer1865 a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 142 She is maistresse of trouþe,..þrower doun, dryuer awey of sorowe [L. fugatrix tristitiae]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. iii. 28 Since Fate..Hath made thy person for the Thrower-out [printed Thower-out; corrected in 1632] Of my poore babe. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Goodwin God Good Master xvii. 14 Therefore neither is the Justice or Righteousnesse of God a Thrower down, but a great builder up of dependence upon him. 1719 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 7) vi. 19 The Autumn Winds, those throwers down of Fruits. 1773 J. Allen Assoc. against Established Church Indefensible 26 We have no Ahaz, no thrower down nor changer of altars. 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxxiv. 78 It may be late, but they have not been the throwers away. 1876 Eng. Mech. & World Sci. 22 Dec. 355/3 The ‘thrower up’ of the coin is an old soldier. 1899 37th Ann. Rep. Secretary Mich. State Board Agric. 699 In the winter-time it [sc. Lake Michigan] is a thrower-off of heat. 1963 N. Streatfeild Vicarage Family vi. 75 Some of the members of his men's society..are coming by train as throwers-out. If there is a rumpus it will be all over almost before it begins. 1995 Times (Nexis) 30 Oct. (Sport section) On Saturday, as a thrower-in, in loose play and as a potent runner with the ball, Greening had a storming game. 2000 Saga Mag. Feb. 13/1 There is nothing that turns a hoarder into a thrower-out, a compulsive spring-cleaner,..more than moving house. < as lemmas |
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