| 单词 | to-and-froing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto-and-froing A. adv. 1. a. Successively to and from some place, etc.; hence more vaguely: In opposite or different directions alternately; with alternating movement; from side to side; backwards and forwards; hither and thither; up and down. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > to and fro [phrase] hither and thitherc725 downa1200 to and fro1340 to and again1612 back and forward1613 sourse deorse1616 backward and forwarda1711 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [phrase] > back and forth to and fro1340 to and again1612 back and forward1613 backward and forwarda1711 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 471 For a best when it es born, may ga Als tite aftir, and ryn to and fra. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 543 Men passen by hym to and fro. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xlv. l. 464 Thus the schipe In the se gan to go On day & Oþer, bothe two & Fro as the wynd it Gan to blowe. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Job i. 7 The Lord said vnto Satan, Whence commest thou? And Satan answered.., From compassing the earth to and fro. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 31 Having travelled to and fro, through very many towns and countries of Persia. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 47 His eyes went to and fro. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. iii, in Poems 119 Idle Children, wandering to-and-fro. 1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. vii The messenger, who went to and fro between D—— and Haleham bank. 1855 A. P. Stanley Hist. Memorials Canterbury (1857) ii. 44 The pendulum which has been..swung to and fro, is at last about to settle. b. after a verbal or other noun denoting or implying movement. (Cf. D.) ΚΠ c1400 Rom. Rose 4134 With many a turnyng to and froo. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias xlvi. 102 They spent three daies with messages to and fro. 1688 S. Penton Guardian's Instr. 59 Letters to and fro are some kind of Guard upon a Youth. 1840 T. B. Macaulay Ranke's Hist. in Ess. (1851) II. 131 A history of movement to and fro. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. xi. 312 His rides to and fro. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adverb] > here and there or in various places to and froc1440 overthwarta1522 sundrywhere1548 somewhere1563 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scattered [phrase] > here and there here and yonda1325 here and therea1375 up and downc1374 here and yonder1412 to and fro1617 c1440 York Myst. xx. 255 We haue þe sought both to & froo. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. ix. 96 Bayth to and fro our all the cuntre syne Wemen and moderis..Thair ȝing childryng fast to thair breistis did braice. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 272 The Northerne Borders, where his Lordship (with his retinue) lay to and fro. 1670–1 J. Narborough Jrnl. in Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) i. 119 Many Whales spouting to and fro in these Bays. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xv. 425 Many shoals scattered to and fro among them. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [adverb] > alternately to and fro1569 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1313 Troilus..rolleth in his herte to and fro How he may best discryven hir his wo.] 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 71 In multipliyng of wordes to and fro. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. P1v I haue heard great disputation and reasoning pro & contra, to and fro. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 803 The victorie waved alternatively too and fro three or foure times. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxviii. 239 Thus shall they be too and fro, doubtfull and ambiguous in all thir doings. 1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 30 When there had been some little Arguing to and fro. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adverb] > of no importance > either way neither to nor fro1555 neither here nor there1583 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16762 + 123 His sely lyms miȝt he not rest. To put hom to ne fro. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 347 When þou no fyrre may, to ne fro, Þou most abyde þat he schal deme. c1530 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture 329 Cast not thyne eyes to ne yet fro. 1555 H. Latimer Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) xi. 1315/2 As it is called a fyre, so it is called a Worme;..but that is neither to nor fro. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1420/2 You stand dalying..& wil nether answer to nor fro. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 297 Oecumenius saith little to the purpose, too or fro. 1652 Liber Patris Sapientiæ in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum 204 Till thou hearest no manner of noyse rumbling to nor fro. B. prep. To and from (a place); alternately to and from each of (two places): the latter now commonly expressed by between (between prep. 8). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [preposition] > to and from (a place) to and fro1574 1574 in J. Anderson Cal. Laing Charters (1899) 225 Ane gait to cum and gang to and fra the same. 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. W. de Rubruquis in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 109 Messengers going and comming to and fro the court of Baatu. 1860 C. Reade Eighth Commandment 123 Counsel, who were continually flashing to and fro London and Croydon. 1885 R. Jefferies Open Air 126 The stream of lawyers..rushing to and fro the Temple and the New Law Courts. C. n. (now with hyphens; but plural tos and fros). 1. Alternating or reciprocating movement; the action of walking or passing to and fro. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [noun] > movement back and forth course and recourse1461 backing and filling1777 come-and-go1794 to and fro1847 toing and froing1847 va-et-vient1919 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [noun] > to-and-fro wawing1500 to and fro1847 toing and froing1847 to-fro1937 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess ii. 38 She, Like some wild creature newly-caged, commenced A to-and-fro. 1855 R. Browning Lovers' Quarrel xi How was earth to know, 'Neath the mute hand's to-and-fro? 1906 Westm. Gaz. 14 Sept. 2/3 Watching the to-and-fro of a shuttle. 2. figurative. Alternation generally; vacillation; †discussion for and against a question (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] yea-and-nayc1384 vacillationc1400 titteringa1413 stackeringc1440 wondingc1440 fluctuationc1450 waver1519 mammering1532 uncertainty1548 wavering1548 to and fro1553 suspense1560 staggering1565 suspension1568 mammery1578 demur1581 branle1591 dilly-dally1592 hesitance1601 irresolution1601 uncertainness1601 undecision1611 waveringness1614 hesitancy1617 unsettledness1619 hesitation1622 unresolvednessa1626 doubleness of minda1628 wavinga1628 swagging1636 poise1637 mambling1640 stickagea1647 vacillancy1668 whifflinga1677 hovering1679 unresolve1679 irresoluteness1686 shilly-shally1755 indecisiona1763 undecisiveness1779 indecisiveness1793 oscillation1798 flexility1815 shilly-shallying1842 swaying1850 Hamletism1852 teeter1855 havering1866 off and on1875 dilly-dallying1879 double-mindedness1881 hesitatingness1890 dither1958 1553 J. Bale Vocacyon 40 In whose returne there was muche to and fro. For some wolde nedes to London..[and some] into Flaunders. c1627 R. Cary Mem. (1905) 96 Many tos and fros there were before it was concluded. 1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. ii. 90 The incommodities and difficulties.., after many too's and fro's, caused a second peace. 1888 Gladstone in 19th Cent. July 3 From the great national to-and-fro of the sixteenth century. D. adj. (Usually with hyphens). Executed, as movement, in opposite directions alternately; alternating, reciprocating; characterized by, or characterizing, such movement; passing to and fro. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adjective] > moving back and forth to and fro1749 come-and-go1794 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > to-and-fro to and fro1749 toing and froing1847 up and down1876 to-fro1879 twitchety1936 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 212 The sweet urgency of this to-and-fro friction. 1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall xv. 580 This to-and-fro motion. 1856 S. T. Dobell Eng. in Time of War 70 The to and fro storm of the never-done hurrahing. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 146 The regular to-and-fro motion of the water in its estuary. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 755 As a rule pericardial friction-sound has a double, or to-and-fro rhythm. E. v. (only in present participle and verbal noun toing and froing, rarely to-and-froing). a. intransitive. To pass to and fro, to go hither and thither. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [noun] > movement back and forth course and recourse1461 backing and filling1777 come-and-go1794 to and fro1847 toing and froing1847 va-et-vient1919 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [noun] > to-and-fro wawing1500 to and fro1847 toing and froing1847 to-fro1937 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > to-and-fro to and fro1749 toing and froing1847 up and down1876 to-fro1879 twitchety1936 society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > lead to and fro to and fro1847 1847 J. S. Le Fanu T. O'Brien 108 The clatter and bustle, the..toing and froing of the soldiery. 1872 J. S. Le Fanu In a Glass Darkly I. 272 There were clerks to-ing and fro-ing. 1888 Morris King's Lesson (1890) 137 Unto him the King gave the job of toing and froing up and down the hill with the biggest dung-basket. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 28 Nov. 2/2 Why all this secrecy about these to-ings and fro-ings? b. transitive. To lead to and fro. rare. ΚΠ 1850 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour xxxii, in New Monthly Mag. Feb. 113 A cockaded servant was ‘to and froing’ a couple of hunters—a brown and a chestnut. < as lemmas |
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