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

a. The signal to retreat in battle. Also: a drum beat played to keep soldiers in step while retreating. Chiefly in to sound (also blow, hear, etc.) the retreat and variants. Also figurative and in extended use.The sounding of the retreat usually indicates the end of a defence or other engagement; cf. retire n.¹ 2b.to beat a retreat: see beat v.¹ 30b.

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society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > signal [verb (transitive)]

to sound (also blow, hear, etc.) the retreat1483

society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal to retreat

retreat1483

retraict1538

retraite1825

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. lxx ^v/2 Thenne Ioab tromped and blewe the retrayt.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 471 Qwhen thai had blawen the ratret.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxi. 287 Than they caused their trumpettes to sowne the retrayt.

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lvi At retret of trompet, they retyred a meyne.

1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. i. sig. A4^v Our Trumpeters were chargde to sound retreat.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 136 Soone after by his bagpipers [he] sounded the retraite.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. 9 The trumpet of Antiquity, sounding at the same time a March & Retreit.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 153/2 The drumer is to beat all maner of beats, as a Call, a Troope, a March,..a Retreit, a Tato, and a Revally.

1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 476 Deception..sounds a Retreat instead of a Charge.

1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 270 Blow a Retreat blow, blow, Tantivee.

a1736 R. Kane Campaigns King William & Queen Anne (1745) 121 Colonel gets a Drum by him, who is now to beat the Retreat.

1791 A. Yearsley Earl Goodwin 65 Sound a swift retreat, And with your terrors aid the blast.

1839 A. Somerville Hist. Brit. Legion xix. 379 Some of his men who he supposed had not heard the retreat.

1871 R. W. Buchanan Drama of Kings iii. 372 Hark how a melody thin Sounds the retreat from within.

1911 Scribner's Mag. Jan. 47/2 When they order me to beat the retreat I will beat the charge, see if I don't!

1984 Bulletin (Sydney) 18 Aug. 16/2 One day, retreat will be sounded and then I don't want to be hindered by no plurry horse!

2006 D. Winters & C. C. Kingseed Beyond Band of Brothers i. 7 My body was half-dead and my brain stopped functioning about the time that Retreat sounded.

单词	to sound the retreat
释义	> as lemmas to sound (also blow, hear, etc.) the retreat a. The signal to retreat in battle. Also: a drum beat played to keep soldiers in step while retreating. Chiefly in to sound (also blow, hear, etc.) the retreat and variants. Also figurative and in extended use.The sounding of the retreat usually indicates the end of a defence or other engagement; cf. retire n.¹ 2b.to beat a retreat: see beat v.¹ 30b. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > signal [verb (transitive)] to sound (also blow, hear, etc.) the retreat1483 society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal to retreat retreat1483 retraict1538 retraite1825 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. lxx ^v/2 Thenne Ioab tromped and blewe the retrayt. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 471 Qwhen thai had blawen the ratret. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxi. 287 Than they caused their trumpettes to sowne the retrayt. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lvi At retret of trompet, they retyred a meyne. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. i. sig. A4^v Our Trumpeters were chargde to sound retreat. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 136 Soone after by his bagpipers [he] sounded the retraite. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. 9 The trumpet of Antiquity, sounding at the same time a March & Retreit. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 153/2 The drumer is to beat all maner of beats, as a Call, a Troope, a March,..a Retreit, a Tato, and a Revally. 1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 476 Deception..sounds a Retreat instead of a Charge. 1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 270 Blow a Retreat blow, blow, Tantivee. a1736 R. Kane Campaigns King William & Queen Anne (1745) 121 Colonel gets a Drum by him, who is now to beat the Retreat. 1791 A. Yearsley Earl Goodwin 65 Sound a swift retreat, And with your terrors aid the blast. 1839 A. Somerville Hist. Brit. Legion xix. 379 Some of his men who he supposed had not heard the retreat. 1871 R. W. Buchanan Drama of Kings iii. 372 Hark how a melody thin Sounds the retreat from within. 1911 Scribner's Mag. Jan. 47/2 When they order me to beat the retreat I will beat the charge, see if I don't! 1984 Bulletin (Sydney) 18 Aug. 16/2 One day, retreat will be sounded and then I don't want to be hindered by no plurry horse! 2006 D. Winters & C. C. Kingseed Beyond Band of Brothers i. 7 My body was half-dead and my brain stopped functioning about the time that Retreat sounded. extracted from retreatn. < as lemmas
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