单词 | to throw adown |
释义 | > as lemmasto throw adown † to throw adown Obsolete. extracted from throwv.1 transitive. = to throw down at Phrasal verbs (in various senses).In quot. 1602 intransitive with object implied. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > throw down to throw adownc1275 downcastc1390 dejectc1420 cast1481 to cast down1535 terre1586 to throw down1714 c1275 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 158 Weilawei, deþ þe schal adun þrowe. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1963) l. 6149 Þe cheorles..þan king icnewen and hine adun þreuwe. a1325 St. Martha (Corpus Cambr. 145) l. 35 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S.-Eng. Legendary (1956) 350 Martha..it [sc. the dragon] þreu adoun and bonde it faste anon. c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 9306 Baners and castels adoun yþrawe. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 69 (MED) Þe moste dele of þat wode is nowe i-þrowe adoun [?a1475 anon. tr. kytte downe]. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) ii. pr. iv. l. 1086 But yif alle þinges fallen at hys owen wille for he..is nat vsed to han none aduersitee, an-oone he is þrowe adoune for euery lytel þing. a1525 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Trin. Dublin) (1896) 18 Thay lay all I-drow a-doune and I-cast to grond. 1561 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ Zodiake of Life (new ed.) vi. sig. Q.vv And often she doth throwe a downe with her vnequall hande Such as of late she did permit a loft on whele to stand. 1602 Pleasant Comedie i. vi. sig. B4 Fortune..That makes, that marres, sets vp, and throwes adowne. < as lemmas |
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