| 单词 | to breast oneself against something |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto breast oneself against (or to) something P1. to breast oneself against (or to) something: to meet or face opposition, a challenge, etc., squarely and resolutely; to confront something head-on (cf. sense 5b); (also) to stand firmly against or move directly through something moving forcefully in the other direction (cf. sense 5a). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (reflexive)] opponea1522 lay1535 oppose1579 to breast oneself against (or to) something1810 1810 Lady's Misc. 22 Dec. 135/2 He who breasts himself, with the greatest firmness against the untoward contingencies of life, merits exaltation above his repining fellow mortals. 1863 W. Phillips Speeches i. 6 Civil government breasting itself to the shock of lawless men. 1969 Indian Jrnl. Amer. Stud. July 30 The reference to the bird breasting itself against the rush of water implicitly suggests the resistance offered by life itself against itself. < as lemmas |
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