| 单词 | to dance to or after pipe, whistle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto dance to or after (a person's) pipe, whistle e. to dance to or after (a person's) pipe, whistle, etc.: figurative to follow his lead, act after his desire or instigation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (intransitive)] > follow an example borrow?c1225 to walk in (or tread) a person's stepsa1240 to take example from (also by, at, of)c1405 to dance to or after (a person's) pipe, whistle1546 patrizate1623 patrizizea1642 to follow suit1747 to take a leaf out of a person's book1809 pattern1820 society > authority > subjection > obedience > obey or be obedient to [verb (transitive)] > comply with the will of suea1300 conform1482 to dance to or after (a person's) pipe, whistle1546 morigerate1623 comply1650 correspond1677 supple1741 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vi. sig. I To daunce after her pipe, I am ny led. 1604 T. Middleton Ant & Nightingale sig. C2v Till the old deuourer..Death, had made our Landlord daunce after his Pipe. 1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility iii. 98 When a man..dances to the tune of the age wherein he lives. 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. vi. 161 I thought I had the prettiest girl in the Castle dancing after my whistle. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. 523 That most of these councillors..will ‘dance to Rome's piping’, if they do but see her gold. < as lemmas |
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