| 单词 | to be on the warpath |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be (also go) on the warpath 1. Among North American Indians: The path or route taken by a warlike expedition. to be (also go) on the warpath: to go to war, seek the foe, be out for scalps. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > warpath (of Indians) warpath1768 war road1782 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [noun] > used by warlike expedition warpath1768 war-trail1851 society > armed hostility > war > wage war [verb (intransitive)] > go to war to take the plainc1380 to go to war or warsc1450 to take the field1482 to go (etc.) on warfare1483 to pass (forth) in warfare1483 field1535 to go out1548 to go to the war(s)1600 to be (also go) on the warpath1841 to wash one's spears1892 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contending [phrase] > seeking a hostile encounter warpath1876 1768 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1907) 2 316 [At] 231 [miles],..crossed a War path. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 396 I often have rode that war path alone. 1784 J. F. D. Smyth Tour U.S.A. I. xli. 323 I descended the Ouasiatto mountains and in a short time fell into the great war path, which has been used by the Indians. 1822 J. Fowler Jrnl. 95 The chief..still telling us to go to the mountains and out of the war path. 1841 J. F. Cooper Deerslayer I. xv. 258 The great Serpent of the Mohicans must be worthy to go on the war-path with Hawkeye. 1859 R. B. Marcy Prairie Traveler vi. 185 Their war-path has reached the shores of the Pacific. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) IV. xv. 422 With chosen companions, he went out upon the war-path, and added scalp to scalp. < as lemmas |
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