| 单词 | to get wind of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get wind of b. to get wind of: to receive information or a hint of, to come to know (cf. 4). Also with clause. Hence, in later use, wind = a hint or slight intimation (of). (Cf. French avoir le vent de, Cotgrave.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge of [verb (intransitive)] > get to know attain1530 reach1582 to get wind of1809 society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > be informed of hearc950 witc1000 haveOE learnc1175 undergoc1290 takea1333 receivec1400 aherec1450 partakea1593 get1608 intelligence1637 to get wind of1809 to take away1839 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. vii. 89 The corregidor..got wind of our correspondence. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. I. 43 If my old aunt gets wind of it, she'll cut me off with a shilling. 1866 Princess Alice Mem. (1884) 133 They retreated again, when they got wind that troops were assembling. 1885 Cent. Mag. 30 380/2 If that sweet little Rose were to get wind of it, I believe she'd faint. 1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow iv. iv. 231 Some wind of the disaster seemed to find its way..even to the chamber where the ringers were leaping on their ropes. 1917 T. R. Glover From Pericles to Philip xii. 378 It may be that the Spartan government had some wind of this. < as lemmas |
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