| 单词 | to beat the stream |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto beat the stream 20. Hunting. (intransitive) (a) To run hither and thither in attempting to escape; (b) to take to the water, and go up the stream; also transitive. to beat the stream, to beat a brook, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > action of game > [verb (intransitive)] to stand, be (abide obs.) at bayc1314 to steal awayc1369 stalla1425 starta1425 rusec1425 beatc1470 lodgec1470 trason1486 rouse1532 angle1575 bolt1575 to take squat1583 baya1657 watch1677 fall1697 tree1699 to go away1755 to sink the wind1776 to get up1787 to go to ground1797 lie1797 to stand up1891 fly1897 the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > action of game > [verb (intransitive)] > take to the water beatc1470 beekc1470 the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > action of game > [phrase] > take to the water to beat a brookc1470 to beat the streamc1470 to break water or soil1486 c1470 Hors, Shepe, & G. (1822) 31 A herte, yf he be chasid, he wil desire to haue a ryuer. As sone as he taketh the Riuer, he soileth..yf he take agayn the streme he beteth or els he beketh. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 241 The Otter..is sayde to beate the Streame. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Hunting The Buck will beat a Brook, but seldom a great River, as the Hart. 1815 Encycl. Brit. III. 489/1 Beating, with hunters, a term used of a stag, which runs first one way and then another. It is then said to beat up and down. < as lemmas |
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