| 单词 | to burst bonds, barriers |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto burst bonds, barriers a. to burst bonds, barriers, etc. Now said only of the person or thing confined within; formerly with wider meaning as in 7. Now chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (intransitive)] > break out of confinement to burst bonds, barriersa1400 break1423 α. β. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 7203 His bandis al he brest in twa.c1440 York Myst. xxxvii. 196 And brosten are alle our bandis of bras.1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark v. f. 4 To braste all his chaynes and fetters in pieces.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. E4 Furies, which their chaines haue brast.c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 963 Þe grete barrez of þe abyme he barst vp at onez. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. v. 5 These..haue..bursten the bondes in sonder. 1843 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 341 My madness..would burst asunder the strong swathes. 1867 Hymns Anc. & Mod. (new ed.) No. 116. 144 Who burst the bands of death and hell. < as lemmas |
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