| 单词 | to rise before |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto rise before d. intransitive. Of an animal, esp. a horse: to raise itself on its hind legs; to rear up. Also in †to rise before. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (intransitive)] > rise up on the hind legs rampc1390 rear1487 risea1500 rare1833 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > rear mounta1425 arearc1430 rear1487 risea1500 to stand upon no ground1580 volt1688 stend1786 a1500 in A. Zettersten Middle Eng. Lapidary (1968) 36 (MED) Whenne the tode þat berith here [toadstone] metith a man, he riseth on his feete fro the erthe for pryde of þat stone. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. ii. 69 For Dogges, Apes and Horses learne to creepe thorough the Iuglers hoopes, and rise on their hinder feet as though they would dance. 1658 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 3) v. xiii. 214 Because his horse rised before that he could not be setled on his back. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Pesade, in the Manage, that Action taught a Horse, wherein he rises with his fore Feet, and bends 'em up to his body, without stirring the hind Feet. 1824 Animal Sagacity xvii. 103 My horse rose on his hind legs and..fought his friend's battle with his fore-feet. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 117 On his haunches rose the steed, And into fiery splinters leapt the lance. 1897 Harper's Mag. July 323/1 The one hundred and fifty horses rose on their hind legs and slowly began to waltz away from our line. 1908 J. Murray & M. Miller Round-up xiv. 282 The horse rises on its hind legs to throw the rider. 1933 H. Walpole Vanessa i. 110 Pictures of the great Battle, cannons firing and horses rising on their haunches. 2002 B. Moore Magician's Wife xii. 188 They..reined their horses to a plunging stop, the animals rising on their hind legs as they wheeled around and raced back. < as lemmas |
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