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

c. to beat about the bush: literal, as in 12; figurative. To engage in preliminary operations, esp. to approach a matter in a cautious or roundabout way.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > be cautious or take care [verb (intransitive)] > proceed with caution

to make it wisec1405

to feel (out) one's waya1450

to beat the bush1526

to beat about the bush1572

callc1650

to call canny1814

go-easy1860

to plough around1888

pussyfoot1902

to play it by ear1922

1572 G. Gascoigne Wks. (1587) 71 He bet about the bush, whyles other caught the birds.

a1704 T. Brown Acct. Conversat. Liberty of Conscience in Duke of Buckingham Misc. Wks. (1705) II. i. 115 He..often beat about the Bush, to start a Convert in him.

1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. I. viii. 209 This perverse and ludicrous method of beating about the bush.

1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches vii. 259 After some hours spent in beating about the bush.

1884 Punch 29 Nov. 256/2 Obliged to be off: Excuse me..But no good beating about the bush.

b. to beat the bush: (literal) in bat-fowling, to rouse the birds that they may fly into the net held by some one else; (figurative) to expend labour of which the fruit is not gained by oneself. (Cf. beat v.¹ 26) to beat (formerly also go, wend, seek) about the bush: to go indirectly and tentatively towards an object, to avoid coming to the point. (Cf. beat v.¹ 26c.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > hunt birds [verb (intransitive)] > at night > rouse birds

to beat the bushc1440

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > be copious [verb (intransitive)] > use periphrasis

to beat (formerly also go, wend, seek) about the bushc1440

wind1528

periphrase1652

to go about1815

circumlocute1859

circumlocutionize1886

to go (all) round the houses1958

c1440 Generydes 4524 Some bete the bussh and some the byrdes take.

1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. A.iij A longe betyng aboute the busshe & losse of tyme to a yonge begynner.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 1 b If he utter his mind in plain wordes: and tell it orderly, without goynge about the bushe.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 12 That we shuld not seke about the bush for an vncertaine Godhead.

1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 528 We have beaten the bush, and not come plainly to the point.

1705 J. Vanbrugh Confederacy iii. ii I went round the bush, and round the bush, before I came to the matter.

1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 4 621 He never goes about the bush for a phrase.

1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. ix. 212 He does not beat about the bush for difficulties or excuses.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. iii. 29 Benighted fowls, when you beat their bushes, rush towards any light.

单词	to beat about the bush
释义	> as lemmas to beat about the bush c. to beat about the bush: literal, as in 12; figurative. To engage in preliminary operations, esp. to approach a matter in a cautious or roundabout way. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > be cautious or take care [verb (intransitive)] > proceed with caution to make it wisec1405 to feel (out) one's waya1450 to beat the bush1526 to beat about the bush1572 callc1650 to call canny1814 go-easy1860 to plough around1888 pussyfoot1902 to play it by ear1922 1572 G. Gascoigne Wks. (1587) 71 He bet about the bush, whyles other caught the birds. a1704 T. Brown Acct. Conversat. Liberty of Conscience in Duke of Buckingham Misc. Wks. (1705) II. i. 115 He..often beat about the Bush, to start a Convert in him. 1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. I. viii. 209 This perverse and ludicrous method of beating about the bush. 1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches vii. 259 After some hours spent in beating about the bush. 1884 Punch 29 Nov. 256/2 Obliged to be off: Excuse me..But no good beating about the bush. extracted from beatv.¹ to beat (formerly also go, wend, seek) about the bush b. to beat the bush: (literal) in bat-fowling, to rouse the birds that they may fly into the net held by some one else; (figurative) to expend labour of which the fruit is not gained by oneself. (Cf. beat v.¹ 26) to beat (formerly also go, wend, seek) about the bush: to go indirectly and tentatively towards an object, to avoid coming to the point. (Cf. beat v.¹ 26c.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > hunt birds [verb (intransitive)] > at night > rouse birds to beat the bushc1440 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > be copious [verb (intransitive)] > use periphrasis to beat (formerly also go, wend, seek) about the bushc1440 wind1528 periphrase1652 to go about1815 circumlocute1859 circumlocutionize1886 to go (all) round the houses1958 c1440 Generydes 4524 Some bete the bussh and some the byrdes take. 1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. A.iij A longe betyng aboute the busshe & losse of tyme to a yonge begynner. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 1 b If he utter his mind in plain wordes: and tell it orderly, without goynge about the bushe. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 12 That we shuld not seke about the bush for an vncertaine Godhead. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 528 We have beaten the bush, and not come plainly to the point. 1705 J. Vanbrugh Confederacy iii. ii I went round the bush, and round the bush, before I came to the matter. 1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 4 621 He never goes about the bush for a phrase. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. ix. 212 He does not beat about the bush for difficulties or excuses. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. iii. 29 Benighted fowls, when you beat their bushes, rush towards any light. extracted from bushn.¹ < as lemmas
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