英语词汇“to give line”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. In allusive phrases referring to the ‘playing’ of a hooked fish at the end of the line; esp. to give line: to allow full play, scope, or latitude.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > not restrain [verb (transitive)]

slidec1386

to give a person rope (also enough rope, etc.)a1475

to give (the) rein(s) (to)1484

to let go1526

to give (a horse) his (also her, its, etc.) head1571

license1605

to give linea1616

unchecka1616

to give a loose (occasionally give loose) to1685

to give stretch to1777

to let rip1857

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 182 I am angling now, (Though you perceiue me not how I giue Lyne ).

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. iii. 39 Giue him Line [1600 time], and scope, Till that his passions (like a Whale on ground) Confound themselues with working.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 124 We began to play, and I went wearying of them out by little and little, giving them line enough to runne themselues out of breath.

1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 34 So soon as he gets hold of a Text, he..falls a flinging it out of one hand into the other, tossing it this way and that; lets it run a little upon the Line, then tanutus, high jingo, come again.

a1687 E. Waller Maid's Trag. Alter'd (1690) 57 The meanest Wretch, if Heav'n should give him Line, Would never stop, till he were thought Divine.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 435 The King was willing to give Oates line enough, as he expressed it to me.

1854 C. Dickens Hard Times ii. viii. 219 It's policy to give 'em line enough.

单词	to give line
释义	> as lemmas to give line b. In allusive phrases referring to the ‘playing’ of a hooked fish at the end of the line; esp. to give line: to allow full play, scope, or latitude. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > not restrain [verb (transitive)] slidec1386 to give a person rope (also enough rope, etc.)a1475 to give (the) rein(s) (to)1484 to let go1526 to give (a horse) his (also her, its, etc.) head1571 license1605 to give linea1616 unchecka1616 to give a loose (occasionally give loose) to1685 to give stretch to1777 to let rip1857 a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 182 I am angling now, (Though you perceiue me not how I giue Lyne ). View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. iii. 39 Giue him Line [1600 time], and scope, Till that his passions (like a Whale on ground) Confound themselues with working. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 124 We began to play, and I went wearying of them out by little and little, giving them line enough to runne themselues out of breath. 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 34 So soon as he gets hold of a Text, he..falls a flinging it out of one hand into the other, tossing it this way and that; lets it run a little upon the Line, then tanutus, high jingo, come again. a1687 E. Waller Maid's Trag. Alter'd (1690) 57 The meanest Wretch, if Heav'n should give him Line, Would never stop, till he were thought Divine. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 435 The King was willing to give Oates line enough, as he expressed it to me. 1854 C. Dickens Hard Times ii. viii. 219 It's policy to give 'em line enough. extracted from linen.² < as lemmas
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