单词 | to make at |
释义 | > as lemmasto make at —— to make at —— Now somewhat archaic. intransitive. To approach in order to or as if to attack or seize; to make a hostile movement towards. Cf. sense 70b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > make hostile approach to runOE to seek on (also upon)c1230 pursuec1300 yerna1400 seek1487 visitc1515 coast1531 accost1597 to come at ——1601 to make against ——1628 to make at ——1637 tilt1796 rush1823 to come for ——1870 to move in1941 bum-rush1988 1637 R. Ashley tr. V. Malvezzi Davide Perseguitato 247 There hath beene one, that seeing no other remedy, made at the soveraignty it selfe. 1671 E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 61 Immediately, the cowe made at him. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 162 I was made at by an unsizable Snake. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 450. ¶1 All men..make at the same common thing, Mony. 1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling i. iv. 20 When you dib for chub, roach, and dace, move your fly very slow when you see them make at it. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) ii. 153 A very small black puppy rushed into the room and made at the Governor's feet. 1867 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Æneis 261 Volscens..with his unsheathed sword Made at Euryalus. 1896 C. G. D. Roberts Forge in Forest xxi. 282 I made at him nimbly with my sword. a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 179 He made at me with the pitch-fork. < as lemmas |
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