英语词汇“to hoist, lower, strike the topsail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. figurative esp. in to hoist, lower, strike the topsail.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > give way or give in

benda1400

sink?a1513

to give over1530

to cry creak?1562

yield1576

to hold up1596

succumb1604

to give in1616

to hoist, lower, strike the topsaila1629

to cry cravena1634

to give up or cross the cudgels1654

incumb1656

to fall in1667

to knock under1670

to knock under board, under (the) table1692

to strike underc1730

knuckle down1735

to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860

chuck up (the sponge)1864

to throw in one's hand1893

to sky the wipe (or towel)1907

to drop one's bundle1915

to throw (chuck, or toss) in the towel1915

to buckle up1927

a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xli. 128 For the practice and power of Religion, the very Topsaile of all England.

1745 J. Mason Treat. Self-knowl. i. vii. 58 The Sin, to which not our Virtues only, but Vices too, lower their Topsail, and submit.

1805 R. Southey Madoc i. xv. 156 Ye may tell Your Pope, that..I shall not strike a topsail for the breath Of all his maledictions!

单词	to hoist, lower, strike the topsail
释义	> as lemmas to hoist, lower, strike the topsail b. figurative esp. in to hoist, lower, strike the topsail. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > give way or give in benda1400 sink?a1513 to give over1530 to cry creak?1562 yield1576 to hold up1596 succumb1604 to give in1616 to hoist, lower, strike the topsaila1629 to cry cravena1634 to give up or cross the cudgels1654 incumb1656 to fall in1667 to knock under1670 to knock under board, under (the) table1692 to strike underc1730 knuckle down1735 to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860 chuck up (the sponge)1864 to throw in one's hand1893 to sky the wipe (or towel)1907 to drop one's bundle1915 to throw (chuck, or toss) in the towel1915 to buckle up1927 a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xli. 128 For the practice and power of Religion, the very Topsaile of all England. 1745 J. Mason Treat. Self-knowl. i. vii. 58 The Sin, to which not our Virtues only, but Vices too, lower their Topsail, and submit. 1805 R. Southey Madoc i. xv. 156 Ye may tell Your Pope, that..I shall not strike a topsail for the breath Of all his maledictions! extracted from topsailn. < as lemmas
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