| 单词 | to leave wide open |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto leave (oneself) wide open (to something) 3. Exposed to attack; unprotected, very vulnerable; off one's guard. Frequently figurative, esp. in to leave (oneself) wide open (to something). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable openeOE subjectc1384 pregnablec1475 opportunea1500 casuala1535 wide open?1544 obnoxious1572 assailable1589 liable1593 abnoxious1611 woundable1611 obnoxious1612 speeding1612 infectible1634 sufferable1651 attackable1656 vulnerable1678 prejudicial1682 threatenable1841 doable1849 infectable1860 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable > unprotected nakedeOE openeOE yemelesc897 bare1297 unarmed1297 berghlessa1325 subjectc1384 undefensablec1412 unfencible1513 defenceless1532 wide open?1544 undefended1564 unfended1576 indefensive1586 undefensive1587 fenceless1594 unprotected1597 undefensible1616 unscreened1648 defendless1738 uncovereda1795 screenless1837 undefendable1938 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [adverb] > exposed to attack wide open1897 ?1544 J. Heywood Foure PP sig. D.iv Thys forsayd ryuer so depe before That who lyste nowe to walke therto May wade it ouer and wet no shoo So was thys castell layd wyde open. 1573 G. Gascoigne & F. Kinwelmersh Iocasta ii. i. in G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 104 In whose high brest may iustice builde hir boure When princes harts wide open lye to wrong? 1588 S. Bredwell Rasing Found. Brownisme 34 Here he thinking me to lie wide open, runneth violently vpon me..to dispatch mee at a blowe. 1624 F. Quarles Iob Militant xiv. sig. L4v My troubled spirit lyesWide open to the worst of iniuries. 1644 R. Carpenter Downfal of Anti-Christ i. xvi. 114 He lieth wide open to the ticklings of vaine-glory, and hypocrisie. 1846 Forest Hill I. xvii. 236 Its [sic] ‘yes Sir’,—‘no Sir’,—‘as you please, Sir’, leaving all the field wide open to Clotilda. 1897 Indianapolis Sun 9 Feb. He was almost a head shorter than McPartland, whose reach was so long that Lavigne had to throw himself wide open in order to get anywhere near his opponent. 1915 E. Corri Thirty Years Boxing Referee 150 Johnny Summers..in an unguarded moment, left himself wide open and encountered one of the most decisive knock-out punches I ever saw. 1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? i. 14 You never find me going in for favors... It leaves you wide open. 1966 ‘A. Hall’ 9th Directive iv. 42 One fine day he would catch me wide open and slam me down. 2015 Australian (Nexis) 6 June 18 The volume and variety of this creative polymath's work are what leaves him wide open to criticism. < as lemmas |
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