单词 | to take adieu |
释义 | > as lemmasto take adieu (also farewell) (a) to take adieu (also farewell): to bid farewell, to say goodbye; to take one's leave of. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use formal courtesy in act or expression [verb (intransitive)] > bid farewell to take leavelOE to latch one's ease, one's leave1377 to take congee1377 fangc1400 adieua1500 to get one's leave?a1513 to take adieu (also farewell)1539 to shake hands1546 congeea1616 to give congeea1645 farewell1930 sayonara1949 1539 T. Elyot Bankette of Sapience f. 34 My bloode taketh begynnyng at me, and thy blode at the now taketh her farewell. 1617 J. Taylor Three Weekes Observ. (1872) 2 We all went to the Christopher where we took a Bacchanalian farewell one of another. 1665 S. Pepys Diary 28 Aug. (1972) VI. 205 I think to take Adieu today of London streets. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Cock & Fox in Fables 232 Last he drew A piteous Sigh; and took a long Adieu. 1774 D. Graham Impartial Hist. Rebellion (ed. 3) xi. 129 The gen'ral..gave her leave, on the next day, Of her friends to go and take farewel. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vii. 173 Thus saying, he took a final farewell. 1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. 195 [He] besought Demosthenes to forgive his temporary estrangement,..and took a last farewell of him. 1909 M. M. Mulhall Explorers in New World xxvi. 208 He gave one long, bitter gaze round the hall, and then took his adieu of public life. 1938 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 15 July 15/6 Her weeping friends and family..were..making her feel that they were taking a last farewell. 2001 D. Wilson In Lion's Court ix. 117 It was a weeping Princess who took a clinging farewell of her brother on 30 September. < as lemmas |
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