| 单词 | to order about |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto order about (also around) c. transitive. to order about (also around): to order hither and thither in a peremptory manner; to domineer over, treat as a subordinate. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > order about snuba1797 to order about (also around)1853 sergeant-major1931 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers II. v. 78 I'm not used to being ordered about like dumb cattle. 1853 C. Brontë Villette I. iv. 74 I refused to be ordered about and thrust from him. 1895 New Eng. Mag. Apr. 224/1 When they have protested against..being ordered about from pillar to post, men, women and children have been ruthlessly slaughtered. 1943 A. Rand Fountainhead iii. i. 429 He was shoved and ordered around by every..drunken deck hand aboard. 1986 J. Huxley Leaves of Tulip Tree (1987) ii. 34 Elaine was ordered about, kissed and hugged and scolded all day long by her mother. 2000 Esquire Jan. 110/1 He..could be talked into helping, allowing the boys to order him around..retrieving balls from the cattails at the water's edge. < as lemmas |
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