英语词汇“to go upon the highway”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. The public road regarded as the realm of highwaymen or footpads; (hence, by metonymy) a career as a highwayman or footpad. Chiefly in to take (to) the highway: to become a highwayman or footpad. Also †to go upon the highway (obsolete). Now historical.

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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > rob [verb (intransitive)] > rob on highway > become a highwayman

to take (to) the highway1672

to go upon (also on) the road1745

1672 R. Hals Let. 30 Apr. in M. M. Verney Memoirs (1899) IV. viii. 303 I have made a hard shift to hould out..in a bad kinde of life, I meane, the highway.

1694 P. A. Motteux in tr. F. Rabelais Wks. Pref. p. xxviii The destiny of those swaggering Bravoes, who, when the War is over, too often either take to the Highway, and other bad Courses.

1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 84 We will take the Highway like Gentlemen.

1727 A. Boyer Dictionaire Royal (rev. ed.) (at cited word) To go upon the Highway (to be a High-way man).

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xix. 91 The Sea, the Army, perhaps the Highway, for the boys; the Common for the girls.

1817 J. Evans Excursion to Windsor 31 Embarrassment..that had induced him to so rash a step as the highway.

1873 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 25 Aug. It would be well for bank officers to be on their guard against the operations of this, the boldest band who ever took the highway in defiance of law.

a1950 A. Smedley Portraits Chinese Women in Revol. (1976) 104 The ‘bandits’, I learned, were peasants who took to the highway for a part of each year in order to earn a living.

2007 C. Linden What Rogue Desires xv. 206 ‘I ran away and didn't stop until London was far behind.’..‘And took to the highway.’

单词	to go upon the highway
释义	> as lemmas to go upon the highway c. The public road regarded as the realm of highwaymen or footpads; (hence, by metonymy) a career as a highwayman or footpad. Chiefly in to take (to) the highway: to become a highwayman or footpad. Also †to go upon the highway (obsolete). Now historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > rob [verb (intransitive)] > rob on highway > become a highwayman to take (to) the highway1672 to go upon (also on) the road1745 1672 R. Hals Let. 30 Apr. in M. M. Verney Memoirs (1899) IV. viii. 303 I have made a hard shift to hould out..in a bad kinde of life, I meane, the highway. 1694 P. A. Motteux in tr. F. Rabelais Wks. Pref. p. xxviii The destiny of those swaggering Bravoes, who, when the War is over, too often either take to the Highway, and other bad Courses. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 84 We will take the Highway like Gentlemen. 1727 A. Boyer Dictionaire Royal (rev. ed.) (at cited word) To go upon the Highway (to be a High-way man). 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xix. 91 The Sea, the Army, perhaps the Highway, for the boys; the Common for the girls. 1817 J. Evans Excursion to Windsor 31 Embarrassment..that had induced him to so rash a step as the highway. 1873 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 25 Aug. It would be well for bank officers to be on their guard against the operations of this, the boldest band who ever took the highway in defiance of law. a1950 A. Smedley Portraits Chinese Women in Revol. (1976) 104 The ‘bandits’, I learned, were peasants who took to the highway for a part of each year in order to earn a living. 2007 C. Linden What Rogue Desires xv. 206 ‘I ran away and didn't stop until London was far behind.’..‘And took to the highway.’ extracted from highwayn. < as lemmas
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