单词 | to get a blow |
释义 | > as lemmasto get a blow a. of the wind. Also, a breath of fresh air; a ‘breather’ (sense 3); to get a blow: to expose oneself to the action of a fresh breeze (colloquial). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > blast or gust of ghosteOE blasta1000 blas?c1225 ragec1405 blorec1440 flaw1513 thud1513 flaga1522 fuddera1522 flake1555 flan1572 whid?1590 flirta1592 gust1594 berry1598 wind-catch1610 snuff1613 stress1625 flash1653 blow1655 fresh1662 scud1694 flurry1698 gush1704 flam1711 waff1727 flawer1737 Roger's Blasta1825 flaff1827 slat1840 scart1861 rodges-blast1879 huffle1889 slap1890 slammer1891 Sir Roger1893 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [noun] > that which or one who refreshes or invigorates spice?c1225 comfort1377 refresherc1450 refreshment1532 reviver1542 sauce1561 salt1579 refocillation1608 whettera1625 fillip1699 stimulant1728 stimulation1733 yeast1769 stimulus1791 inspiriter1821 stimulatory1821 refreshener1824 boost1825 bracer1826 young blood1830 freshener1838 invigoratorc1842 blow1849 tonic1849 elevation1850 stimulator1851 breather1876 pick-me-up1876 a shot in the arm1922 the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > exposure to fresh air > (an outing for) a breath of fresh air airing1607 blow1849 pipe-opener1859 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 15 The Etesian (yearly) winds,..beginning to blow from the North. 1777 W. Dalrymple Trav. Spain & Portugal xliv Rain or blow. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast iv. 8 The first blow that I had seen which could really be called a gale. 1849 Theatrical Programme 9 July 48/2 A ‘blow’ upon the river. 1856 C. Dickens in Househ. Words 28 June 554/1 I really ought to go out and take a walk in the wind... I was under a moral obligation to have a blow. 1857 R. Tomes Americans in Japan i. 31 The ‘Mississippi’, in doubling the Cape of Good Hope..escaped any very heavy blow, altho' hardly a week passes without a gale from some quarter. a1887 Mod. colloq. Went down to Gravesend by the steamer to get a blow. 1888 C. M. Yonge Beechcroft at Rockstone II. xv. 40 ‘You must be tired out!’..‘Oh no, Aunt Ada! Quite freshened by that blow on the common.’ 1936 R. Lehmann Weather in Streets iv. i. 386 Been for a blow?.. It freshens you up. < as lemmas |
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