单词 | to elude a person |
释义 | > as lemmasto elude a person b. Hence, to elude a person: to escape his embrace, grasp, pursuit. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)] > escape observation escape1593 to elude a person1791 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. x. 411 Lest he elude us, and escape to Troy. 1813 H. Smith & J. Smith Horace in London ii. xvi. 156 The jilt [sc. wit] in spite Eludes the man of letters. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iv. vii. 389 He eludes thee like a Spirit. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xvii. 286 Ambiorix..had as yet eluded him. < as lemmas |
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