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单词 to draw by
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to draw by
to draw by
1. transitive. To draw (something) aside. Obsolete.
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1830 Ld. Tennyson Mariana ii, in Poems 15 She drew her casementcurtain [sic] by.
1868 Illustr. Mag. 26 111 I never draw the curtain by; I never lift the blind, Lest curious or careless eye Should note what is behind.
2. intransitive. Of time or a period of time: to elapse, come to an end.
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the world > time > spending time > spend time [verb (intransitive)] > expire or run out
to run outa1400
outrunc1425
to pass by1488
to draw by1850
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > be at an end [verb (intransitive)] > approach the end
wane1590
to grow to wastea1616
to draw in1769
to draw by1850
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lviii. 84 The foolish neighbours..tease her till the day draws by; At night she weeps. View more context for this quotation
1920 J. Masefield Right Royal i. 38 The time drew by to the great event. At a quarter to three the big bell pealed.
2006 E. Midwinter Salisbury 94 He was sometimes criticised, especially as the years drew by, for insufficient direction of his colleagues.
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