单词 | to loose hold |
释义 | > as lemmasto loose hold a. To make loose or slack; to loosen, slacken, relax, make less tight; †passive (of nerves) to be unstrung. †to loose a bridle to: to indulge. Now archaic except in colloquial phrase to loose hold: to let go. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor (a ship) [verb (transitive)] > anchor (a ship) > loose (ship) from anchor > weigh (anchor) weigh?a1400 loosec1440 rear?c1475 levy1648 sway1790 the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > releasing hold > let go [verb (intransitive)] to hang off1600 to loose hold1865 to turn aloose1935 the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > releasing hold > let go (something held or grasped) [verb (transitive)] beleavea1250 leta1325 to let goc1384 to leave hold1556 to turn loose?1566 quita1586 unhand1603 relinquish1651 unseize1663 unfist1692 to leave go1776 unclasp1868 to loose hold1875 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 314/1 Losyn, or slakyn, laxo, relaxo. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 720/2 I lowse a thynge that was to strayte tyed. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 67 The olde Rosyars must haue the earth loosed about them in Februarie, and the dead twigges cutte of. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 117 Our lyfe is like to instruments of Musicke, which sometime wresting vp the strings, and sometime by loosing them, become more melodious. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 152 Occasione frilie to louse a brydle to al thair appetites. c1614 W. Mure tr. Virgil Dido & Æneas i. in Wks. (1898) I. 220 A prince imposed To let or loose their rains, as he commands. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 140 The slipp'ry God will try to loose his hold. View more context for this quotation 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War vi. viii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 942 Their nerves were so terribly loosed..they could not fly away. 1865 J. B. Lightfoot Comm. Gal. (1874) 118/2 Sin and law loose their hold at the same time. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. v. 108 He bid them loose grasp. 1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 18 ‘Loose your hold of the lady's bridle’, cried Walter. 1901 Methuen Peace or War S. Africa vii. 158 He will know when to loose and when to tighten the rein. < as lemmas |
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