单词 | to beat a track |
释义 | > as lemmasto beat a track a. transitive. Said of the action of the feet upon the ground in walking or running; hence, to beat the streets: to walk up and down. to beat a path or to beat a track: to tread it hard or bare by frequent passage; hence, to open up or prepare a way. Often figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] to step (up)on ——OE beatOE treadc1384 betread1495 overwalk1533 foot1557 walk1574 trample1595 reiterate1648 to step foot in1864 pound1890 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > in the streets to beat the streetsc1375 to walk the street(s)1530 vicambulate1873 the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > go first or in front [verb (intransitive)] foregoc825 to go beforec1225 preamble1402 to beat a path1589 to lead the waya1593 preambulate1598 anteambulate1623 antecede1628 to lead the van1697 to take the (or a) lead1768 lead1798 to lead off1806 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > track, trail, or path > [verb (transitive)] > beat a path treada1425 to beat a path1589 path1642 society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > travelling [verb (intransitive)] > tread a path hard or bare by frequent passage to beat a path1590 OE Beowulf 2265 Se..mearh burhstede béateð. c1375 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 166 Bete stretis vp & doun & synge & pleie as mynystrelis. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 135 And as enamored wights are wont, He gan the streetes to beate. 1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. **4v Master Gascoigne..who first beate the path to that perfection. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A4v That path they take, that beaten seemd most bare. 1637 W. Austin in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1870) I. 235 Jesus Christ..who hath beaten the way for us. 1693 W. Freke Sel. Ess. 18 Our Ancestors have but beat the Track before us. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 184 Their trampling Feet Beat the loose Sands. 1745 E. Young Consolation 27 The Paths she trod; Various, extensive, beaten but by Few. 1875 C. Rossetti Goblin Market 193 This beaten way thou beatest, I fear is Hell's own track. < as lemmas |
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