| 单词 | to go agley |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go (also gang, etc.) agley Awry, wrong; askew; obliquely, asquint. Frequently to go (also gang, etc.) agley. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adverb] > askew acrooka1387 wrongc1440 overthwartlya1470 adoylea1475 awry1487 crooked1545 across1559 askew1565 cam1579 alurk1581 skew-whiff1754 a-twist1755 agley1786 skeow-ways1869 off-kilter1929 1786 R. Burns To Mouse vii, in Poems 140 The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley. a1794 S. Blamire Poet. Wks. (1842) 192 Sae fine she goes, sae far aglee, That folks she kenned she cannot see. 1813 E. Picken Misc. Poems I. 67 We haena mense like cruel man; Yet tho' he's paukier far than we, Whatreck, he gangs as aft aglee. 1843 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay 46 His neet-cap thrawn on all aglee. 1870 J. P. Robson Evangeline 361 Nowt holy ye can find in hor, she's beauty g'yen aglee. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Underwoods xx Or lads that tak a keek a-glee At sonsie lasses. 1929 C. Day Lewis Transitional Poem ii. 23 These are they who built My house and never a stone of it laid agley. 1939 V. Sackville-West Let. 1 Sept. in Lett. to V. Woolf (1984) 359 I had meant to ring you up and ask if Nigel and I might come to luncheon tomorrow, but my best-laid plans have gone agley. 1945 S. O' Casey Drums Under Windows in Autobiogr. (1980) I. 628 The hot-water system had gone agley. 1987 C. Lloyd Year at Great Dixter 21 Plans can easily go agley. 2000 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 1 Jan. 8/3 My carefully laid plans went agley as I surveyed poor dog, sitting forlornly with his little bag of belongings, my luggage and impossible pile of Christmas presents. < as lemmas |
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