单词 | to pull to |
释义 | > as lemmasto pull to to pull to transitive. To pull (a door, etc.) so that it closes or nearly closes. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close (a door, window, etc.) shutc1000 steek?c1225 makec1300 speara1325 yark toc1400 to shut toc1450 to put toa1500 warpc1540 enclose1563 to pull to1673 dub1753 1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master ii. i. 34 (stage direct.) She pulls the door to. 1727 P. Aubin tr. R. Challes Illustrious French Lovers (ed. 2) II. 253 She kept her Word, and having brought me into my Lady's Chamber left me there, and pull'd the Door to after her. 1787 Whole Proc. King's Comm. Peace (City of London & County of Middlesex) 856/2 I went and pulled the door to, and got some friends to assist me in searching the house. 1823 Times 3 May 3/7 The thieves..pulled to the door, the spring of the lock caught, they thus accidentally shut themselves out. 1895 J. M. Falkner Lost Stradivarius xii. 188 He set down his mandoline and left the room, pulling to the curtain and shutting a door behind it. 1898 G. B. Shaw Arms & Man in Plays Pleasant & Unpleasant 6 She goes out..and pulls the outside shutters to. 1910 A. Bennett Clayhanger iii. v. 362 Don't latch the door. Pull it to. I'll listen out. 1946 W. de la Mare Three Royal Monkeys v. 67 He skipped out and pulled-to the door-flap behind him. 1982 A. Taylor Caroline Minuscule i. 10 He pulled the door to behind him, but didn't close it; everything must be as he had found it. 2001 J. Paisley Not for Glory 116 Tom beetles intae the garage an pulls the door to. Him an Hannah peer oot the crack. < as lemmas |
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