请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 to rax out
释义

> as lemmas

to rax out
to rax out
1. transitive. To stretch or hold out (a hand, arm, etc.). Also intransitive: to stretch or reach out; to extend. Also figurative. Cf. sense 5.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body
reacheOE
stretcha1000
to-spreada1000
warpa1225
spreada1275
putc1390
straightc1400
to lay forthc1420
outstretcha1425
tillc1540
extend1611
to rax out1622
to stick out1663
overreach1890
1622 W. Scot Course Conformitie 152 The lines and cords of mens wit that creep in and raxe out may serve for civill and secular mets an merches.
1649 in Sc. Notes & Queries 3 122 Jeane Broune racksed out two arms quhilk she could not stirre before.
1711 J. Monro Let. 2 July (1722) x. 38 The convinced Soul raxes out his own Wickedness and Sin longer and broader than any other Body's whatsomever, in his Apprehension.
1755 R. Forbes tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 4 Raxing out His gardies.
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters vii. 150 Just rax out your han' and tak in my snuffbox.
1899 E. W. Prevost Dickinson's Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (new ed.) (at cited word) He rax't oot his arm and theer was nae mair on't—thus the quarrel ended.
1923 G. Rae Lowland Hills 38 Ay, Jeems, ma man, rax oot yer haun an' wale An Auld Kirk manse.
1981 Eng. World-wide 2 15 We makars are hapshackelt by our ain yearnin to rax out til ither folk that, even gin they dinna scrieve, are bards at hert.
1988 R. Vettese Richt Noise 33 See him rax oot frae tasht bleck sleeve an airm for support.
2. intransitive. English regional (northern). Of the weather: to clear up. rare.
ΚΠ
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (at cited word) As applied to the weather, to rax out means to clear up, when the clouds begin to open, and expand themselves, so that the sky is seen.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word)To rax oot,’ to clear up—applied to the weather.
extracted from raxv.
<
as lemmas
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/10 22:37:15