| 单词 | to loosen tongue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto loosen (a person's) tongue b. transferred and figurative. Now only in the phrase to loosen (a person's) tongue, and in certain poetical or rhetorical uses (? after Shelley). ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > free from restraint ungyve1531 unlock1531 unbuckle1548 unpen1561 unmanacle1582 unmuzzlec1585 unseal1589 dischain1603 unshackle1611 to let out1613 uncage1620 unfreeze1637 loosen1645 unconfine1651 unsequester1664 unbay1687 uncurb1729 unbind1735 unleash1822 disenchain1853 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > free from restraint > the lips, tongue, or heart unspen?c1225 loosec1390 unseala1586 loosen1645 unslip1802 unloosen1845 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 36 And therfore doth in this Law, what best agrees with his goodnes, loosning a sacred thing to peace and charity, rather then binding it to hatred and contention. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 53 And this their limiting that which God loosen'd, and their loosning the sinnes that he limited. 1695 J. Dryden tr. R. de Piles in tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica 185 This is an admirable Rule; a Painter ought to have it perpetually present in his Mind and Memory... It loosens his hands, and assists his understanding. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iii. iii. 107 Thou breathe into the many-folded shell, Loosening its mighty music. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xlvii. 70 But [Sorrow] rather loosens from the lip Short swallow-flights of song. View more context for this quotation 1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. xliv. 345 By degrees her tongue was loosened. 1893 E. H. Barker Wanderings by S. Waters 222 The fragrance of the valley was loosened. 1895 I. Zangwill Master i. x. 110 The action seemed to loosen his tongue. < as lemmas |
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