单词 | to ride out |
释义 | > as lemmasto ride out to ride out transitive. 1. Of a ship, etc.: to withstand (a gale, storm, etc.) without significant damage or dragging anchor. Also (of a person, animal, etc.): to survive (a storm, hurricane, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] overdoOE adreeOE wreaka1300 to draw forthc1300 dispend1340 pass1340 drivea1375 wastec1381 occupyc1384 overpassa1387 to pass over ——a1393 usec1400 spend1423 contrive?a1475 overdrive1487 consumea1500 to pass forth1509 to drive off1517 lead1523 to ride out1529 to wear out, forth1530 to pass away?1550 to put offc1550 shiftc1562 to tire out1563 wear1567 to drive out1570 entertainc1570 expire1589 tire1589 outwear1590 to see out1590 outrun1592 outgo1595 overshoot1597 to pass out1603 fleeta1616 elapse1654 term1654 trickle1657 to put over1679 absorb1686 spin1696 exercise1711 kill1728 to get through ——1748 to get over ——1751 tickc1870 fill1875 the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > outstay or overstay outdwell1600 overstand1600 sit1602 to ride out1603 outstaya1616 overstay1641 outsit1661 tarry outa1662 stay1749 to sit out1752 to overstay one's welcome1858 stay1858 society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (transitive)] > sustain a storm to ride out1603 outride1647 weather1673 1529 [see 2]. 1569 B. Googe Shippe of Safegarde sig. B.vijv The tide is strong that runneth thereabout, The weather great that beates vpon the cost, The holde to weake to thinke to rid it out, Whereby full many at ancour haue bene lost. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 589 The sea was grown so rough, that the admiral was not able longer to ride it out with his gallies. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xv. 469 That Fleet had rode out all the Winter Storms before Cales. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. ii. 318 The wind blew..with such fury, that we..despaired of riding out the storm. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 183 His Majesty's ship, the Rippon, alone rode out the gale. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xiii. 31 The ship Lagoda..rode out the gale in safety. 1866 Buffalo Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 5 341 Although greatly retarded in our progress, the ship rode out the storm triumphantly. 1912 Bird Lore Jan.–Feb. 69 Here it finds an abundance of food, and, with hosts of other sea-fowls, rides out the winter's fury. 1947 Billboard 4 Oct. 56/4 Mrs Batt and I were in our summer apartment and rode out the storm which struck from the north-east. 2005 K. A. Emanuel Divine Wind xvii. 120 Some 274 women and children survived aboard two barges that miraculously rode out the storm. 2. figurative and in figurative contexts. To survive (pressure, etc.); to endure successfully, to last to the end of. Formerly also: †to spend, pass (obsolete). ΚΠ 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes ii, in Wks. 195/1 [He] went ouer the sea..to se flaunders, & France, and ryde out one somer in those countrees. 1597 Sir W. Slingsby in Sir H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 251 I thank God my brother and myself ride it out at an anker. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 99 If this man will not ride out (as they say) the time of the payment of the Bills. 1646 H. Peake Medit. upon Seige 4 He that rides out a Seige, and gives his Enemy the check, beares away the greatest honour. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 86 It could not be, for then he could never have ridden out an eternal period. 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 64 A courtier should..foresee a storm, know whether he is able to ride it out [etc.]. 1826 Gospel Advocate 4 239/1 The republic has lived, she has rode out the storm, surmounted every difficulty, increased in strength. 1877 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 254 That our faith may ride out every storm of doubt. 1957 S. J. Perelman Road to Miltown 97 The producer of Sherry Flip was..a onetime yacht broker riding out the depression on a cask of Courvoisier. 1986 A. Ravetz Govt. of Space v. 111 It was central to the..civil service to provide steady and continuing policies and to ride out the extremes of political change. 2003 R. Lacey Street Bible 43 Egypt rides out the boom and the bust. Every other country has to come begging to Joseph for rations. 3. Horse Racing. To continue to urge (a horse) to speed through the end of a race. Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1860 Manch. Guardian 9 Jan. 4/5 The second in the race, Rupee,..was evidently not ‘ridden-out’, as an after performance proved. 1898 Boston Globe 24 Aug. 7 For the last 16th Lewis rode out with hand and heel to win by three lengths. 1927 Times 17 Dec. 5/1 The last-named could, I think, have been placed if she had been ridden out. 1975 T. Fitzgeorge-Parker Great Racehorse Trainers vi. 120 Even when the French challengers came at him, he never went for his whip but rode his mount out with hands and heels. 2008 Racing Post (Nexis) 13 Oct. 14 Spencer did not have too much to worry about as he rode her out to win by two and three-quarter lengths from favourite Wake Me Now. < as lemmas |
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