| 单词 | to shake out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shake out to shake out 1. To cast out or remove with a shake. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > by shaking to shake out?c1225 forshakea1300 overshakec1330 to shake off1393 off-shake1576 shog1949 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (transitive)] > shake > dislodge or remove by shaking to shake out?c1225 shake?1508 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > [verb (transitive)] > hunt fox > turn out of bag shake1812 to shake out1856 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 153 Þe scorpiunes cundel þet habred inhire bosem. schake hit ut wið. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 14682 Luytel notes þey toke, & holede þem, þe kerneles out schoke. ?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 368 Mynyster of the sextry schal..haue oute the tapettes..and the duste schake oute. 1576 G. Gascoigne Droomme of Doomes Day in Wks. (1910) II. 238 You shall never shake a brybe out of your hand, unlesse you shut covetousnesse out of your brest. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1678 (1955) IV. 141 This they dextrously turning shake out like a thin pan-cake. 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 449 We shook the plants out, and shortened their roots..and repotted them. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports i. ii. v. 135 A bag-fox being shaken out before hounds by the keeper. 2. nonce-uses. To bring about by ‘wagging’; to produce by shaking. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (transitive)] > shake > into a specific condition shakec1384 to shake out1608 1608 T. Middleton Trick to catch Old-one v. sig. H4 Cheifly dice, those true outlanders, That shake out Beggars, Theeues and Panders. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iv. 23 Many a mans tongue shakes out his masters vndoing. View more context for this quotation ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > empty emptyOE emptOE avoida1382 to shake out1382 devoida1400 evacuec1400 void1506 toom?a1513 unburden1538 disgarboil1567 inanitea1598 unbowel1597 unfill1607 to turn out?1609 unteemc1635 evacuatea1652 vacuate1651 unempt1798 disglut1800 eviscerate1834 1382 J. Wyclif 2 Esdras [ Neh. ] v. 13 I shakide out my bosum. 1639 R. Baillie Let. 28 Sept. (1841) I. 213 Harie Rollock, by his sermons, moved them to shake out their purses. 4. To unfasten or unfurl and let out with a shake (a flag, sail); to straighten out by shaking (something crumpled or folded). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > unfurl or unfold unfoldc890 untrenda1272 displayc1330 splayc1330 unplyc1330 outrolla1393 unlapa1400 unplight?c1400 unrollc1425 deploy1477 to shake outc1550 explicate1562 disvelop1592 unfurl1641 develop1656 unwrap1807 unshroud1846 to roll out1849 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 32 Schaik out the flag on the top mast. 1800 Naval Chron. 4 394 I dare not shake the reefs out of the sail. 1849 C. J. Lever Confessions Con Cregan I. xiv. 196 Old Ben Crosseley, of the ‘Lively Biddy’, that wouldn't stand being ordered to shake out his canvas. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xx. 153 We had shaken out our reefs, and were driving before the wind. 1902 J. C. Snaith Wayfarers xvii He..produced a fresh wig..and having shook it out, discarded the modest wig he was wearing. 5. intransitive. To show visible signs of trembling. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > tremble or quiver > with cold, infirmity, or emotion quakeOE shiverc1250 shakea1398 totterc1400 cowther1599 earn1611 frill1671 to shake out1843 1843 T. Watson Lect. Physic I. xl. 709 [In] the dumb ague, or the dead ague; the patient is said not to shake out. to shake out to shake out transitive. To dismiss or remove by means of a shake-out; esp. to get rid of (redundant staff) through reorganization. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > do without or get rid of > by a shake-out or reorganization to shake out1905 1905 Westm. Gaz. 8 July 1/2 Fence-sitters and faint-hearts are to be shaken out, so that..those who thwart us at the commencement shall not come back after victory as nominal supporters. 1947 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Jan. 1/2 The Communist Finance Minister..said he would not insist upon his plan to call in Italian currency to ‘shake out’ gains of black marketeers and war profiteers. 1966 Guardian 7 Dec. 8/4 The men shaken out of BMC are predominantly unskilled. 1972 Oxford Econ. Papers 24 89 Surplus labour should be ‘shaken-out’ from overmanned industries. 1989 Times 8 July 17/2 A few people who were temperamentally inclined to take cash were shaken out. < as lemmas |
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