| 单词 | to put out to pasture |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put (also drive, turn, etc.) out to pasture 6. to put (also drive, turn, etc.) out to pasture. extracted from pasturen. a. To put (an animal) out to graze on grassland; (hence) to relieve (a horse or other working animal) of its duties, esp. when it is old. ΚΠ 1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe iii. 123 It was now the beginning of the Spring, the Snow was gone, the Earth uncovered, and all was green, when the other Shepards drove out their flocks to pasture. 1804 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. ix. 79 Meaning to remain some time in a certain town to which he came, the Captain had his horse put out to pasture. 1866 H. Bliss Thecla iii. i. 85 Some old courser, first in many a test, But now turned out to pasture and to rest. 1948 E. Forbes Running of Tide 441 The beasts had been put out to pasture. 2002 Innisfail (Austral.) Advocate (Nexis) 16 Nov. (Sport) 16 Innisfail Horse and Pony Club riders have hung up their riding boots and put their horses out to pasture for the 2002 season. b. figurative. To retire (a person), to make (a person) redundant; to cease using (a thing). out to pasture: retired; redundant; superseded. ΚΠ 1868 Harper's Mag. Dec. 68/2 These five infants, on whom I had expended so much surplus energy, were turned out to pasture without any compunctions of conscience. 1909 R. B. Perry Moral Econ. 210 It frees the mind from its harness and puts it out to pasture. 1991 Boston June 114/1 Vintage clothing long since put out to pasture is guided onto the comeback trail by the skilled hands of clothing restylers. 1992 L. Woidwode Indian Affairs i. 16 This crew-cut shyster built like a football player out to pasture. 1997 Internet Mag. Jan. 45 Have online services been reborn in the light of the Internet or is it time to put them out to pasture? < as lemmas |
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