| 单词 | to hang on or in a string |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hang (together) on or in a string (a) Figurative phrases. †to draw by one string: to be in accord, ‘pull together’. †to hang (together) on or in a string: (of persons) to be united in purpose; (of things) to be closely connected. at one's string's end (dialect): see quot. 1854. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > be in agreement [verb (intransitive)] accord1340 cordc1380 to be condescendedc1386 to be consentedc1386 consenta1400 intend1421 onec1450 drawc1480 to be of (also in) one (or a) mind?1496 agreea1513 gree?a1513 to draw by one string1558 conspire1579 to meet witha1586 conclude1586 condog1592 consign1600 hit1608 centre1652 to be of (another's) mind1717 to go all the way (also the whole way) with1829 to sing the same song1846 the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > correlate [verb (intransitive)] > depend upon each other mutually to hang (together) on or in a string1558 interdepend1848 1558 W. Forrest Hist. Grisild the Second (1875) 159 Of thy noble Counselours the truthe to saye, Neauer hathe beene seene to drawe by one strynge More stedfastely sure then nowe at this daye. 1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 23 The Bishop being able to get nothing out of them who all hung together on a string, commanded them however to proceed no further in so slippery a business. 1697 in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church: Virginia (1870) I. 47 By. That is another subject. C. But it hangs all in a string. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. II. iii. viii. 153 A judge, not nominated and employed by either party, would certainly not..hold himself warranted in going out of his string to act the part of Daniel. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 304 ‘He's got to his string's end,’ meaning he's either got to the end of his purse or the end of his story. < as lemmas |
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