| 单词 | to beat an air |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto beat an air b. to beat an air, to beat a tattoo, to beat a signal, and hence elliptically, to beat a charge, to beat a parley, to beat a retreat, etc. on the drum. Also figurative to beat a retreat: to retreat. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > make signals [verb (intransitive)] > signal on drum to beat a parley1706 to beat a charge1766 to beat a tattoo1841 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > beating drum > beat drum [verb (intransitive)] tabor1377 taborna1400 nakerc1425 drum1597 dub-a-dub1598 to beat a drum1621 rub-a-dub1837 beat1841 to beat a tattoo1841 tom-tom1860 rataplan1863 tambourin1884 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat withdraw1297 recoilc1330 give place1382 arrear1399 to draw backa1400 resortc1425 adrawc1450 recedec1450 retraya1470 returna1470 rebut1481 wyke1481 umbedrawc1485 retreata1500 retract1535 retire1542 to give back1548 regress1552 to fall back?1567 peak1576 flinch1578 to fall offa1586 to draw off1602 to give ground1607 retrograde1613 to train off1796 to beat a retreat1861 to back off1938 1706 London Gaz. No. 4221/2 The Enemy beat a Parley. 1766 W. Falconer Demagogue 24 He bids enrag'd sedition beat the charge. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Chron. Drum in Ballads i. 21 At midnight I beat the tattoo. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 680 A parley was beaten. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. III. iv. 74 With the help of his pipe, [he] once more debated with himself the question of beating a retreat. < as lemmas |
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