英语词汇“to beat 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

a. To strike (water, bushes, or cover of any kind) in order to rouse or drive game; to scour or range over (a wood, etc.) in hunting. to beat the bush is also figurative as in 26c.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > beat

beata1400

to put upa1475

tuft1590

tusk1592

fowl1611

flaxa1848

brush1876

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

a1400 Cov. Myst. 119 Many a man doth bete the bow, Another man hath the brydde.

1486 Bk. St. Albans D j a Cast yowre sparehawke in to a tre and beete the bushes.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. BBBviii^v Whiche..hath..betten the busshe that you may catche the byrde.

1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 707 How shall we get them to come into it? Truly never, except we first beat the River.

a1667 G. Wither I loved a Lass 'Twas I that beat the bush, The birds to others flew.

1707 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Reflexions upon Politeness of Manners 220 [They] can only beat the Bush, and never tend to the Head of the Business.

1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 209 The Huntsman..must..beat the Outside of the Springs or Thickets.

1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer i. 11 Beating a thicket for a hare.

1829 W. Scott Waverley (new ed.) Pref. App. p. lxx The cover being now thoroughly beat by the attendants.

1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) xvii. 290 I took a few men to beat the jungle.

figurative.1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 9 Together let us beat this ample Field.1790 R. Cumberland West Indian ii. 21 He..has been beating the town over to raise a little money.1861 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock One a.m. ⁋5 When the shadowy hero of the ‘Virginians’ was beating the town with my Lords Castlewood and March.

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 the bush
释义	> as lemmas to beat the bush a. To strike (water, bushes, or cover of any kind) in order to rouse or drive game; to scour or range over (a wood, etc.) in hunting. to beat the bush is also figurative as in 26c. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > beat beata1400 to put upa1475 tuft1590 tusk1592 fowl1611 flaxa1848 brush1876 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 a1400 Cov. Myst. 119 Many a man doth bete the bow, Another man hath the brydde. 1486 Bk. St. Albans D j a Cast yowre sparehawke in to a tre and beete the bushes. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. BBBviii^v Whiche..hath..betten the busshe that you may catche the byrde. 1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 707 How shall we get them to come into it? Truly never, except we first beat the River. a1667 G. Wither I loved a Lass 'Twas I that beat the bush, The birds to others flew. 1707 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Reflexions upon Politeness of Manners 220 [They] can only beat the Bush, and never tend to the Head of the Business. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 209 The Huntsman..must..beat the Outside of the Springs or Thickets. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer i. 11 Beating a thicket for a hare. 1829 W. Scott Waverley (new ed.) Pref. App. p. lxx The cover being now thoroughly beat by the attendants. 1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) xvii. 290 I took a few men to beat the jungle. figurative.1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 9 Together let us beat this ample Field.1790 R. Cumberland West Indian ii. 21 He..has been beating the town over to raise a little money.1861 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock One a.m. ⁋5 When the shadowy hero of the ‘Virginians’ was beating the town with my Lords Castlewood and March. extracted from beatv.¹ to beat 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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