单词 | to bear away |
释义 | > as lemmasto bear away to bear away 1. a. transitive. To carry away (a prize, victory, etc.); to succeed in obtaining; to win. Cf. to bear off at Phrasal verbs 1. Now rare.With quot. 1847 cf. to bear the palm at palm n.1 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > win (any contest or prize) > win (a prize, etc.) to bear awayc1325 getc1330 winc1330 to go away with1489 to carry away1565 carry1570 to bear off?1615 to carry off1680 to take out1976 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > win (any contest or prize) win1338 vanquisha1400 to bear away?1506 obtain1530 conquer1676 gain1725 ice1908 to take out1977 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 2596 Þe brutons at eche tyme þe maistrie awey bere. ?1506 Lytell Geste Robyn Hode (de Worde) sig. D.ii All the best archers of the north Sholde come vpon a day And that shoteth all ther best The game shall bere away. 1614 R. Carew Excellencie Eng. Tongue in W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 37 The Greek and Latine haue euer borne away the prerogatiue from all other tongues. 1711 Spectator No. 548. ⁋6 Such tragedies as ended unhappily bore away the prizes. 1847 C. Brontë Let. 24 Dec. (1995) I. 584 For sterling worth Amelia no doubt bears away the palm. 1947 San Marino (Calif.) Tribune 26 June 2/2 A ‘charming’..little Philippine girl..bore away second prize. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > memorization > memorize, learn by heart [verb (transitive)] record?c1225 renderc1380 to can by rotec1405 con?a1425 to con by heartc1449 can1496 to bear away1530 get1540 commend to memory1550 commit?1551 to con over1605 rotea1616 lodge1622 to get off by heart1709 memorize1834 rehearse1902 memorate1983 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 449/1 I beare awaye as a well wytted chylde dothe his lesson, Je apprens. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. iv. 5 Easier to beare away and be retained in memorie. 1679 A. Behn Feign'd Curtizans Ep. Ded. sig. A2v Men crowd to listen with that awfull reverence as to Holy Oracles or Divine Prophesies, and bears away [sic] the precious words to tell at home. 1792 V. Knox Serm. ii. 46 If we have received a good impression, let us bear it away uneffaced to our graves. 1922 Cent. Mag. Mar. 676/1 Brief though the meeting, Gridley bore away an impression of Miss Locke which began to take shape as an unaccountable memory of her. 2. transitive (in passive). To be strongly affected or influenced by something, esp. to the point of becoming irrational or losing self-control; to be carried away. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > be or become affected with passion [verb (intransitive)] > be overwhelmed with strong emotion sweltc1330 to bear away1584 to fall out1930 1584 Copie of Let. conc. Erle of Leycester 171 The other being so far blinded and borne away, with the same furious fume, and most impotent itching humour of ambition: as his own mother, when shee was a liue, seemed greatlie to feare his fingers,..as her life had onlie stood in his waye. 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 i. i. 5 Ledde thus by these soothing thoughts, and borne away with the exceeding delight he found in them, he hastened all that he might, to effect his vrging desires. 1715 J. Ozell tr. F. de S. de la Mothe-Fénelon Adventures Telemachus I. ii. 86 Thus are all Men borne away by sensual Pleasures, and the witchcraft of Imagination. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 141 Born away by their prejudices. a1916 S. A. Brooke Naturalism in Eng. Poetry (1920) ix. 213 But he was sometimes borne away. He could not conceive the thought of an all-pervading Power..without becoming ravished beyond himself. 1970 Change 2 88/2 A sensitive man and rousing speaker was borne away by passion. 3. intransitive. Nautical. With for, toward, etc.: to sail away (usually before the wind) in the direction of a specified place; (without prepositional complement) to change course away from the wind (sometimes, so as to avoid a collision). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction steer1340 stem1487 capea1522 lie1574 put1578 bear1587 rut1588 haul1589 fetch1590 standa1594 to stand along1600 to bear away1614 work1621 to lay up1832 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > sail away from shore or ships to stand off1591 to stand away1600 to bear away1614 to stand out to sea1625 outstand1866 off1882 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World v. viii. 696 The Kings Nauie hoysted saile: and hauing a faire wind, bore away toward Ephesus. 1744 W. Mountaine Seaman's Vade-mecum 190 Just as the Enemy is in the Chase's Wake, she may bear away a Point from the Wind. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §98 The wind being now fair for that port, we bore away for it. 1865 F. Parkman Champlain i, in Pioneers of France in New World 182 The voyagers..bore away for France. 2017 Assoc. Press Internat. (Nexis) 11 June The boat almost went sideways. The Kiwis had to bear away and called for a penalty. < as lemmas |
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