| 单词 | to turn to bay |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto turn to bay c. to turn to bay: to turn and defend oneself, to set oneself at bay (cf. bay n.4 3); also figurative. Now rare and archaic. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > holding out or making stand > hold out or make stand [verb (intransitive)] > resist werec1175 to turn head1575 to turn to bay1700 1700 G. Farquhar Constant Couple v. 53 Come, Madam, you know that you're discover'd, and being sensible, you can't escape, you wou'd now turn to Bay. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 11 The stag must turn to bay, Where that rude rampart barred the way. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 137 The colonists turned to bay with the stubborn hardihood of their race. 1965 D. Dalby Lexicon Mediaeval German Hunt 22/2 The quarry turns to bay when the hounds are almost upon it. a1991 N. Frye Notebooks on Renaissance Lit. (2006) 142 In late manifestations of nationalism which are anachronistic & deficient..it shows some self-consciousness in turning to bay. < as lemmas |
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