单词 | turn the back |
释义 | > as lemmasto turn the back g. to turn the back: to turn away from facing, go away, flee; to turn the back upon: to turn definitely from, abandon, forsake. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away from [verb (transitive)] leaveeOE beleavea1250 devoidc1325 voidc1330 roomc1400 wagc1400 departa1425 refusea1425 avoid1447 ishc1450 remove1459 absent1488 part1496 refrain1534 to turn the backc1540 quita1568 apart1574 shrink1594 to fall from ——1600 to draw away1616 to go off ——a1630 shifta1642 untenant1795 evacuate1809 exit1830 stash1888 split1956 the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] > turn round or to face a direction > turn away abowOE hieldc1275 to turn awayc1300 to hide one's facea1382 wrenka1400 awherfc1400 avert1483 to turn the backc1540 twine1600 averse1652 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > turn back or reverse course turnc1275 to turn aboutc1330 repeata1382 to turn againc1384 to turn backc1425 re-turn1483 resore1486 to turn the backc1540 to turn round1560 to set back1803 resile1887 to break back1933 the world > space > direction > specific directions > have specific directions [verb (intransitive)] > have backward direction or turn back > turn the back to turn the backc1540 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > desert/renounce a cause, principle, or person withsayc960 forsakec1175 renayc1300 waive1303 to waive from1303 allayc1330 to fall from ——c1350 relinquish1454 forlesec1460 to give over1477 missake1481 return1483 guerpe1484 abrenounce1537 to turn the back uponc1540 renege1548 forspeak1565 recant1567 reject1574 abnegate1616 abrenunciate1618 derelinque1623 ejurate1623 to give one the backa1624 derelinquisha1631 ejure1642 delinquish1645 desert1654 deviate1757 to give up1970 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy iv. 1348 The Troiens..turnyt þe bake, ffleddon in fere. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. i. 130 The shame Of those that turnd their backes . View more context for this quotation 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 165 To turne thy hated backe Vpon our kingdome. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. x. 9 When he had turned his backe to go from Samuel. View more context for this quotation c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 99 If you turn your backs and refuse to..hearken. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 108. ¶4 Sir Roger's Back was no sooner turn'd but honest Will. began. 1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood III. vii. 164 I never turned my back on my leader yet. to turn (a person) the back (b) to turn one's (also the) back to (also †unto): = to turn one's back on at Phrases 1a(c). Formerly also (with indirect object) †to turn (a person) the back. ΚΠ c1400 Prickynge of Love (Harl.) (1983) 22 (MED) Good ihesu..I..for-ȝete þe..and turne my bak to-þe-ward. a1425 in M. L. Arntz Richard Rolle & Gratia Dei (1981) 100 In þe tyme of prayere..mene sall noght turne God þe bake & speke with othire. a1500 (a1400) Ipomedon (Chetham) (1889) l. 4797 (MED) He tornyde hym the bake þat tyde..Vnder his dent he durste not byde. c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) vi (MED) Fortune the bak him turnyt. 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job (new ed.) sig. ¶¶.ij. The wicked hath tourned vnto me the backe, and not the face. 1698 F. Grant Sadducismus Debellatus 6 Thou turn'st thy Back to me, when I am telling thee truth; if I were reading a Story-Book..thou would'st hear that. 1755 W. Emerson Navigation i. 6 Then turning the back to the sun, and looking through the vanes C and A, raise or settle the Instrument. 1899 S. Crane in McClure's Mag. Feb. 335 The situation demanded that he face the sea and turn his back to the Spanish bullets. 2006 S. Kenyon Dark Side of Moon xi. 186 He turned his back to her as if nothing had happened. But even so she could sense his unrest. < as lemmas |
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