单词 | to try back |
释义 | > as lemmasto try back e. intransitive. to try back: to go back (literal or figurative) so as to cover ground afresh where something has previously been missed; to ‘hark back’. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > turn back or retrace one's steps charec1000 i-cherrec1000 again-wendOE again-turna1375 to turn backc1425 reflect1608 redambulate1623 to tread back one's steps1777 back track1802 to try back1816 back-track1904 back-trail1907 1816 J. Jebb Let. 8 Jan. in J. Jebb & A. Knox Thirty Years' Corr. (1834) II. 273 At college, I was obliged to try back in mathematics. Through daily life, I am obliged to try back in minor morals. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. vii. 167 They tried back slowly and sorrowfully, and found the lane. 1863 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gladiators 233 Like a hound..now trying back with untiring perseverance. 1874 R. St. J. Tyrwhitt Our Sketching Club 3 To get people to see when their work won't do, and to try back and attempt simpler things. < as lemmas |
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