| 单词 | to beat back |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto beat back to beat back 1. To force back by beating (cf. sense 15). ΚΠ 1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. § xxii We beat backe the flame, not with a purpose to suppresse it, but to raise it higher. 2. To drive back by force, to repel, repulse. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > holding out or making stand > hold [verb (transitive)] > repel defendc1330 rebukec1380 rebut?a1425 rebatea1475 repel?a1475 repulse?a1475 rechasec1475 to set aside1522 push?1571 shoulder1581 to beat back1593 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away > repel recoil?c1225 to turn againc1330 to put awayc1350 rebukec1380 to put abacka1382 to put againa1382 again-puta1400 rebut?a1425 repeal?a1425 retroylc1425 rebatea1475 repel?a1475 repulse?a1475 to put backa1500 refel1548 revert1575 rembar1588 to beat back1593 rebeat1595 reject1603 repress1623 rambarrea1630 stave1631 refringe1692 slap-back1931 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. xi. 168 That our pride..be controld, & our disputes beaten back. 1621 J. Molle tr. P. Camerarius Liuing Libr. i. vii. 23 The souldiers..knew not how to doe to beat backe the enemy. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 588 On the eighth a gallant sally of French dragoons was gallantly beaten back. 3. To cause to rebound (cf. sense 16). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > rebound > cause to rebound [verb (transitive)] reboundc1560 brick wall1596 rejerk1606 bricole1611 reflect1613 to beat back1715 bounce1876 tamp1971 1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 7 By Reflection when they are beaten back from Bodies, against which they strike. < as lemmas |
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