| 单词 | to fend back |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fend back a. To ward or keep off, turn aside, keep out or at a distance. Also, to fend back. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > ward off harm withhold13.. defendc1330 to bear offc1380 withstand1398 shielda1400 repela1450 to keep off1548 repulse1560 warda1586 fence1589 shelter1621 ward1759 fend-off1830 to fend back1877 1575 G. Gascoigne Fruites of Warre clxiii, in Posies sig. Kiiv So might we..fend our foes, with blowes of English blade. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 110 With Fern beneath, to fend the bitter Cold. View more context for this quotation 1712 S. Centlivre Perplex'd Lovers i. ii. 4 You shall not want a friend to fend against that Blow. 1786 R. Burns Holy Fair ix, in Poems 44 Here stands a shed to fend the show'rs. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 22 To..fend the heat o' simmer blinter. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. ‘Fend the boat’, prevent it striking against any thing. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) ii. §143 Warm water..in contact with a cold non~conducting cushion of cold water to fend it from the bottom. 1876 R. D. Blackmore Cripps (1877) ii. 12 Fending the twigs from her eyes and bonnet. 1877 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (ed. 6) VI. vi. 364 It enabled him to fend back the masses confronting him. < as lemmas |
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