| 单词 | to be at bay |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be at bay 4. Of the effective action of the hunted animal: to hold or keep at (a) bay (the assailing hounds); to give the bay to (obsolete); and (rarely) of the corresponding position of the hounds: to be at bay. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > action of game > [verb (transitive)] to give the bay toc1515 bay1575 make a bay at1579 to fling off1711 run1781 to stand before ——1827 fault1873 blink1876 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > action of hounds [verb (intransitive)] > other actions of hounds to be at bayc1515 blemish1575 to give the hare a turn1575 wrench1686 lurch1824 meuse1827 stream1849 smeuse1851 water1855 to run into shot1884 the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > action of game > [phrase] > hold off to hold or have at bayc1314 bayc1515 bring or drive to bay1597 c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) 395 As the wyld bore doth kepe a baye agaynst the mastyues and bayynge houndes. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1196/1 Whereat the Lorde Chauncelor was muche offended: but Bradforde still kepte hym at the baye. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin i. 44 With his industrie..he had giuen the baye to his aduersaries. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Fiij She heares the hounds are at a bay . View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 114 Thy faithful Dogs..who..hold at Bay, The Mountain Robbers. View more context for this quotation 1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica Pref. sig. c4v I have seen a Poor Gentleman..keep Death as it were at a Bay for some Weeks. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xiv. 256 The spoils of the church furnished the arms by which the Pope..could be held at bay. < as lemmas |
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