英语词汇“to see or have seen a wolf”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

h. to see or have seen a wolf [= Greek λύκον ἰδεῖν, etc.] : to be tongue-tied (from the old belief that a man on seeing a wolf lost his voice).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] > be temporarily deprived of speech

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to see or have seen a wolf1575

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xv. 100 Yf a wulf and a man see that one other fro ferre, he that is first seen becometh anon aferd.

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 98. ]

1575 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucolics ix. 29 Mœris holdes his tounge, The wolfe hath spide out Mœris fyrst.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 43 My Voice grows hoarse; I feel the Notes decay, As if the Wolves had seen me first to Day.

1767 F. Fawkes tr. Theocritus Idylliums xiv. 30 ‘What are you mute?’ I said—a waggish guest, ‘Perhaps she's seen a Wolf,’ rejoin'd in jest.

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. viii. 176 Our young champion has seen a wolf..and he has lost his tongue in consequence.

单词	to see or have seen a wolf
释义	> as lemmas to see or have seen a wolf h. to see or have seen a wolf [= Greek λύκον ἰδεῖν, etc.] : to be tongue-tied (from the old belief that a man on seeing a wolf lost his voice). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] > be temporarily deprived of speech stickc1380 to see or have seen a wolf1575 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xv. 100 Yf a wulf and a man see that one other fro ferre, he that is first seen becometh anon aferd. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 98. ] 1575 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucolics ix. 29 Mœris holdes his tounge, The wolfe hath spide out Mœris fyrst. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 43 My Voice grows hoarse; I feel the Notes decay, As if the Wolves had seen me first to Day. 1767 F. Fawkes tr. Theocritus Idylliums xiv. 30 ‘What are you mute?’ I said—a waggish guest, ‘Perhaps she's seen a Wolf,’ rejoin'd in jest. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. viii. 176 Our young champion has seen a wolf..and he has lost his tongue in consequence. extracted from wolfn. < as lemmas
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