| 单词 | to sound the rally |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sound the rally b. Military. The signal for rallying. Also (now chiefly) figurative, esp. in to sound the rally. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal to rally rally1674 1674 Hogan-Moganides 8 Blasphem'd in gloss of holy Text, Which they proclaim'd with Trump and Ralley. 1797 Gen. Regulations & Instr. Light-Horse Volunteers (Brit. Army) (ed. 2) 193 When the Bugle and Trumpets sound the Rally, all firing must instantly cease. 1838 H. W. Herbert Cromwell I. ii. i. 201 Sound trumpets—ha! sound merrily a rally and a charge! 1897 E. Wood Achievem. Cavalry i. 14 A relieving force coming out, the ‘Rally’ was sounded. 1912 Times 1 Oct. 6/2 The new note heard..was ‘We stand by Ulster’. It sounded the rally of British support in aid of the Irish Unionists. 1939 B. Creighton tr. H. von Hofmannsthal in W. S. Maugham Tellers of Tales 866 The trumpeter at his side put the trumpet..to his lips and blew the rally. 1981 Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 8 Apr. 14/1 In his plan for sharp budget cuts..Reagan has sounded the rally for the country's businesses. 2002 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 6 Sept. 10 We have to sound the rally, to return to a spirit of collaboration. < as lemmas |
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