| 单词 | to throw off the scent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto throw (also put) off the scent b. to throw (also put) off the scent: to cause (a dog or other animal) to lose the scent trail of a quarry. Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > report or state wrongly [verb (transitive)] > lead into error, mislead dwellc888 forlereOE beleada1000 forleseOE misteachOE undergoc1000 mislearOE misleadOE bicharrea1100 bedwelec1205 overlead?c1225 misbihedec1300 miswendc1325 misguyc1375 miscounsel1389 misbeleadc1390 faitc1430 miswrest?a1475 misguide1480 scandalize1538 misadvise1548 misdraw1599 misdirect1603 traduce1613 to throw (also put) off the scenta1637 misswaya1640 undirect1647 mislight1648 widdlea1689 a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods 179 in Wks. (1640) III Speaking worst of those, from whom they went But then, fist fill'd to put me off the sent. 1819 T. Hope Anastasius III. xiii. 351 With only such few windings as were necessary to throw the blood-hounds off the scent, [I] made for the beacon. 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. 213 I can hide you, so that all the devil's hounds in Montcalm's pay would be thrown off the scent for months to come. 1857 J. W. Marsh Mem. A. F. Gardiner vii. 212 A fresh coat of tar was put on the canvas, and thus the dogs were put off the scent. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 18 Aug. 3/1 ‘Soiling’, or taking water, less frequently results in throwing hounds off the scent. 1908 G. K. Chesterton Man who was Thursday vii. 133 In that labyrinth of little streets he could soon throw him off the scent. 1968 I. Murdoch Nice & Good (1974) xxvii. 235 She was a person to be manipulated and deceived and put off the scent. 2003 K. Cage & M. Evans Gayle: Lang. Kinks & Queens Gloss. 95 Smoke screen, a woman..who is used by a closeted gay man as a partner at straight functions to throw people off the scent that he is gay. 2012 N. Cawthorne Canine Commandos iii. 100 Smoke from a fire burning under the floors put the dogs off the scent. < as lemmas |
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