单词 | to strike short, wide |
释义 | > as lemmasto strike short, wide d. to strike short, wide. (literal and figurative) ΚΠ 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 471 Anone he finds him striking too short at Greeks. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 475 Pyrrus at Pryam driues, but all in rage, Strikes wide. 1745 J. Wesley Answer to Rev. Church 39 You strike quite wide of me still. I never said so of what I do. 1820 Examiner 414/1 It appears to us then that this excellent and able actor struck short of the higher and imaginative part of the character. < as lemmas |
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