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

5. Frequently, and now usually, with adverb or adverbial phrase (introduced by out of, off, etc.) indicating movement. Esp. in to spirit away.

a. transitive. To entice away or kidnap (a person), spec. (in early use) in order to supply free or indentured labour for the West Indies or North America. Cf. spirit n. 11a. Now rare except as merged with sense 5c.When in the context of supplying labour for the West Indies or North America, never used with reference to the traffic of African slaves.

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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > kidnapping or abduction > kidnap or abduct [verb (transitive)]

reavec1175

ravishc1330

stealc1386

proloyne1439

rapec1450

abduce1537

rapt1571

spirit1657

kidnap1682

abduct1772

nobble1877

shanghai1919

snatch1932

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > kidnapping or abduction > kidnap or abduct [verb (transitive)] > into slavery

spirit1657

panyar1681

blackbirda1889

1657 in J. C. Jeaffreson Middlesex County Rec. (1888) III. 259 Thou art a spirit, thou hast spirited a maide to the Barbardoes.

1693 I. Mather Cases Conscience 18 A Servant, who was Spirited or Kidnapt (as they call it) Into America.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. ix. 49 Some..insinuated, that she was spirited away with a Design too black to be mentioned.

1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 219 In the civil law, the offence of spiriting away and stealing men and children..was punished with death.

1820 W. Scott Monastery I. iv. 134 She was sensible that he would have neither scruple nor difficulty in spiriting away the child.

1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 592 The prosecutor had spirited away..the sister of the accused person, and had shut her up in a convent.

1940 R. Wright Native Son ii. 168 The Reds say you're charging 'em with spiriting away the old man's daughter.

b. transitive. Of a supernatural being: to carry off, cause to disappear.

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the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > off or away > by spirits

spirit1667

1667 R. L'Estrange tr. F. de Quevedo Visions viii. 314 I am not such and Awfe as to be Trepan'd, and spirited away by Devils with Tails, Horns, Bristles, Wings.

1678 Strange & Wonderful News from Wicklow 3 Mr. Uniack demanded if she could give them any account of a Gentleman..that had been Spirited out of their Company [by fairies] about an hour before.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. ix. 253 Peters had been..spirited away in a thunderstorm.., by his Master—the Evil One.

1839 W. Irving Legend of Communipaw in Knickerbocker Oct. 344 Others jocosely hinted, that old Pluto..had spirited away the boy to the nether regions.

1889 J. M. Barrie Window in Thrums xi. 102 It was thocht next mornin' 'at the ghost had spirited them awa.

1920 Theosophical Q. Apr. 323 Each piece left where last put down, as though the user had been suddenly spirited away by some bad fairy.

1932 T. E. Lawrence tr. Homer Odyssey (1992) i. 7 But the Gods saw fit to order it quite otherwise when they spirited him away with an utterness beyond example.

1987 C. Glass & A. Weller Us Fellas 217 Evil spirits like ghosts and wardafees would catch us and spirit us away.

2000 Arion Winter 191 Hylas..is spirited away by a water nymph.

c. transitive. To convey rapidly and mysteriously or secretly, as though by the action of a supernatural being; to transport with speed.

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the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > off or away > mysteriously

spirit1696

1696 C. Leslie Snake in Grass Pref. p. cclxii Their Spiriting away the Letter of the Promised Seed.

1726 W. Penn No Cross, No Crown (ed. 7) xiii. §14 An Enemy to the State, for he [sc. the miser] spirits their Money away.

1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams I. ix. 190 There is no Mrs. Jakeman now to spirit you away.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. i. 223 Leading men from all the Three Orders are nightly spirited thither.

1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xlv. 199 He..seemed to spirit the things off the table without sound or effort.

1943 Calif. Folklore Q. 2 126 This wolf in sheep's clothing took the bell himself and spirited it off to the sheep ranch where he used it to call the ranch people to dinner.

1988 M. Forster Elizabeth Barrett Browning Introd. p. xiii Robert Browning courted, married and secretly spirited her away to Italy.

1990 Face (BNC) Nov. Jane is an abductee, someone who believes they have been forcibly abducted by aliens, spirited up to spaceships and physically experimented on in various alarming ways.

2004 Vogue Living (Austral.) May 84/2 They appear as if they have been spirited away from some long-forgotten Lilliputian civilisation.

d. transitive. To produce (a person or thing) suddenly, as if from nowhere, to conjure up.

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1944 G. Santayana Persons & Places xv. 226 He might have been a sort of magic dragoman in my service, spiriting up the scenes and spiriting away the deficits.

1994 Denver Post 18 Sept. c 3/1 The sheriff's legal right to spirit up a posse of local worthies derives from America's frontier days.

2014 C. Sandy What would Mary Berry Do? 261 ‘Jonas!.. Come in!’ She spirited up an empty chair.

单词	to spirit away
释义	> as lemmas to spirit away 5. Frequently, and now usually, with adverb or adverbial phrase (introduced by out of, off, etc.) indicating movement. Esp. in to spirit away. a. transitive. To entice away or kidnap (a person), spec. (in early use) in order to supply free or indentured labour for the West Indies or North America. Cf. spirit n. 11a. Now rare except as merged with sense 5c.When in the context of supplying labour for the West Indies or North America, never used with reference to the traffic of African slaves. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > kidnapping or abduction > kidnap or abduct [verb (transitive)] reavec1175 ravishc1330 stealc1386 proloyne1439 rapec1450 abduce1537 rapt1571 spirit1657 kidnap1682 abduct1772 nobble1877 shanghai1919 snatch1932 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > kidnapping or abduction > kidnap or abduct [verb (transitive)] > into slavery spirit1657 panyar1681 blackbirda1889 1657 in J. C. Jeaffreson Middlesex County Rec. (1888) III. 259 Thou art a spirit, thou hast spirited a maide to the Barbardoes. 1693 I. Mather Cases Conscience 18 A Servant, who was Spirited or Kidnapt (as they call it) Into America. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. ix. 49 Some..insinuated, that she was spirited away with a Design too black to be mentioned. View more context for this quotation 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 219 In the civil law, the offence of spiriting away and stealing men and children..was punished with death. 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. iv. 134 She was sensible that he would have neither scruple nor difficulty in spiriting away the child. 1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 592 The prosecutor had spirited away..the sister of the accused person, and had shut her up in a convent. 1940 R. Wright Native Son ii. 168 The Reds say you're charging 'em with spiriting away the old man's daughter. b. transitive. Of a supernatural being: to carry off, cause to disappear. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > off or away > by spirits spirit1667 1667 R. L'Estrange tr. F. de Quevedo Visions viii. 314 I am not such and Awfe as to be Trepan'd, and spirited away by Devils with Tails, Horns, Bristles, Wings. 1678 Strange & Wonderful News from Wicklow 3 Mr. Uniack demanded if she could give them any account of a Gentleman..that had been Spirited out of their Company [by fairies] about an hour before. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. ix. 253 Peters had been..spirited away in a thunderstorm.., by his Master—the Evil One. 1839 W. Irving Legend of Communipaw in Knickerbocker Oct. 344 Others jocosely hinted, that old Pluto..had spirited away the boy to the nether regions. 1889 J. M. Barrie Window in Thrums xi. 102 It was thocht next mornin' 'at the ghost had spirited them awa. 1920 Theosophical Q. Apr. 323 Each piece left where last put down, as though the user had been suddenly spirited away by some bad fairy. 1932 T. E. Lawrence tr. Homer Odyssey (1992) i. 7 But the Gods saw fit to order it quite otherwise when they spirited him away with an utterness beyond example. 1987 C. Glass & A. Weller Us Fellas 217 Evil spirits like ghosts and wardafees would catch us and spirit us away. 2000 Arion Winter 191 Hylas..is spirited away by a water nymph. c. transitive. To convey rapidly and mysteriously or secretly, as though by the action of a supernatural being; to transport with speed. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > off or away > mysteriously spirit1696 1696 C. Leslie Snake in Grass Pref. p. cclxii Their Spiriting away the Letter of the Promised Seed. 1726 W. Penn No Cross, No Crown (ed. 7) xiii. §14 An Enemy to the State, for he [sc. the miser] spirits their Money away. 1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams I. ix. 190 There is no Mrs. Jakeman now to spirit you away. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. i. 223 Leading men from all the Three Orders are nightly spirited thither. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xlv. 199 He..seemed to spirit the things off the table without sound or effort. 1943 Calif. Folklore Q. 2 126 This wolf in sheep's clothing took the bell himself and spirited it off to the sheep ranch where he used it to call the ranch people to dinner. 1988 M. Forster Elizabeth Barrett Browning Introd. p. xiii Robert Browning courted, married and secretly spirited her away to Italy. 1990 Face (BNC) Nov. Jane is an abductee, someone who believes they have been forcibly abducted by aliens, spirited up to spaceships and physically experimented on in various alarming ways. 2004 Vogue Living (Austral.) May 84/2 They appear as if they have been spirited away from some long-forgotten Lilliputian civilisation. d. transitive. To produce (a person or thing) suddenly, as if from nowhere, to conjure up. ΚΠ 1944 G. Santayana Persons & Places xv. 226 He might have been a sort of magic dragoman in my service, spiriting up the scenes and spiriting away the deficits. 1994 Denver Post 18 Sept. c 3/1 The sheriff's legal right to spirit up a posse of local worthies derives from America's frontier days. 2014 C. Sandy What would Mary Berry Do? 261 ‘Jonas!.. Come in!’ She spirited up an empty chair. extracted from spiritv. < as lemmas
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