英语词汇“to strain upon the start”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P5. to strain (formerly also †draw) upon the start (and variants): (originally of a hound) to strain at the leash, be anxious to run forward; also figurative.In later use chiefly in echoes of Shakespeare: see quot. a1616.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > action of hounds [phrase] > to strain on the leash

to strain (formerly also draw) upon the starta1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. i. 32 I see you stand like Grey-hounds in the slips, Straying [1709 (ed. Rowe) Straining] vpon the Start .

1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxiii. 72 And whilst the eager dogs vpon the Start doe draw, Shee riseth from her seat.

1821 Morning Post 15 Nov. Another sets it [sc. a hat] so lightly and delicately on, that it seems to be ever ‘straining upon the start’, and, like ‘the sweet pea, on tip-toe for a flight’.

1844 C. C. Moore Poems 23 All their buoyant spirits were alive, Like high-bred coursers straining on the start.

1886 Punch 3 July 6/1 See the rival champions stand! See them straining on the start, Masters of the runner's art.

1896 Contemp. Rev. 70 535 I would that all my creatures were a race..tempered like deer-hounds straining at the start.

1958 Manch. Guardian 29 Sept. 21 Ten minutes before the kick-off Arsenal were on the field ‘straining upon the start’.

单词	to strain upon the start
释义	> as lemmas to strain (formerly also †draw) upon the start P5. to strain (formerly also †draw) upon the start (and variants): (originally of a hound) to strain at the leash, be anxious to run forward; also figurative.In later use chiefly in echoes of Shakespeare: see quot. a1616. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > action of hounds [phrase] > to strain on the leash to strain (formerly also draw) upon the starta1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. i. 32 I see you stand like Grey-hounds in the slips, Straying [1709 (ed. Rowe) Straining] vpon the Start . View more context for this quotation 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxiii. 72 And whilst the eager dogs vpon the Start doe draw, Shee riseth from her seat. 1821 Morning Post 15 Nov. Another sets it [sc. a hat] so lightly and delicately on, that it seems to be ever ‘straining upon the start’, and, like ‘the sweet pea, on tip-toe for a flight’. 1844 C. C. Moore Poems 23 All their buoyant spirits were alive, Like high-bred coursers straining on the start. 1886 Punch 3 July 6/1 See the rival champions stand! See them straining on the start, Masters of the runner's art. 1896 Contemp. Rev. 70 535 I would that all my creatures were a race..tempered like deer-hounds straining at the start. 1958 Manch. Guardian 29 Sept. 21 Ten minutes before the kick-off Arsenal were on the field ‘straining upon the start’. extracted from startn.² < as lemmas
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