| 单词 | wrong way |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(the) wrong way b. (the) wrong way ( †wrong-way, Sc. wrang-gates), in adverbial use, = in a contrary or opposite direction or position to the proper or usual one. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > in the direction that [phrase] > in the wrong direction (the) wrong way1693 the world > space > relative position > inversion > [adverb] > reversed or turned the wrong way awkward1340 backwarda1475 wrong-way1693 reversely1752 reversewise1800 wrong-wise1849 back to front1869 hindside-foremost1929 arseways1938 the world > space > relative position > inversion > inverted [phrase] > the wrong way round hind and forth13.. (the) wrong side out (outwards)1600 (the) wrong way1693 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iv. iii. 35 You wou'd have taken 'em for Friezland-Hens, with their Feathers growing the wrong way. 1697 London Gaz. No. 3325/4 The S stands the wrong way. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical xii. 157 A Band, or a Cravat put the wrong way. 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xxiii. 171 Being wrong-way upwards, the Seed is apt to arch in them. 1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor 103 Marking-Yarn,..is white Yarn spun the wrong Way. 1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads I. 210 Syne wrang-gaites round the kirk gaed he. 1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg iii, in New Monthly Mag. 60 394 At night..He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, Tormenting himself with his prickles. 1862 H. Aïdé Carr of Carrlyon III. 55 Don't rub her prejudices up the wrong way,..if you can help it. 1886 W. Besant Children of Gibeon II. ii. ix. 108 All three [had] got out of bed the wrong way that morning. 1897 Catholic Mag. Sept. 169 I did not answer, for I felt completely rubbed up the wrong way. < as lemmas |
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