| 单词 | to scotch the wheels |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto scotch the wheels (also wheel) (of) b. transitive. figurative. to scotch the wheels (also wheel) (of): to obstruct or block the progress of; to render inoperative or ineffective. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > check (in) a course of action stanchc1315 arrestc1374 checka1400 stem?c1450 stay1525 to take up1530 rebate1532 suspend1565 nip1575 countercheck1590 to nip in the bud1590 to clip the wings ofa1593 to nip in (also by, on) the head (also neck, pate)1594 trasha1616 to scotch the wheels of1648 spike1687 spoke1854 to pull up1861 1648 T. Hill Olive Branch 29 If now jealousies and misunderstandings should creep in, and scotch the wheel. 1713 M. Henry Disc. Meekness (1822) 141 Abigail prudently scotched the wheels of his passion. 1844 R. W. Emerson New Eng. Reformers in Ess. 2nd Ser. 277 Stop, dear nature, these incessant advances of thine; let us scotch these ever-rolling wheels. 1914 J. C. Maple & R. P. Rider Missouri Baptist Biogr. I. 94 This..did not scotch the wheels of denominational enterprises, but did somewhat retard their onward movement. 2006 M. Gaddis Zip Zap xxxiii. 303 Minutes turned hours when we wanted to scotch the wheels of time. < as lemmas |
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