Bate
[beɪt] or [bet]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; 'bate hides and skins'.
(verb.) flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons.
(verb.) moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; 'He bated his breath when talking about this affair'; 'capable of bating his enthusiasm'.
整理:斯图--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Strife; contention.
(v. t.) To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
(v. t.) To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
(v. t.) To leave out; to except.
(v. t.) To remove.
(v. t.) To deprive of.
(v. i.) To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
(v. i.) To waste away.
(v. t.) To attack; to bait.
(-) imp. of Bite.
(v. i.) To flutter as a hawk; to bait.
(n.) See 2d Bath.
(n.) An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
(v. t.) To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.
整理:理查德
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Abate, lessen, diminish, decrease, reduce, rebate, remit.
整理:温弗雷德
解釋/意思:
n. (Spens.) strife contention.—adj. Bate′-breed′ing (Shak.).
n. diminution (dial. esp. in combination).
v.i. (Shak.) to beat the wings impatiently: (obs.) to be impatient.
Same as Abate.
編輯:特伦斯
例句/造句/用法:
- He was a hard man, and would never bate an ounce of plate or a bottle of wine. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Miss Bates's powerful, argumentative mind might have strengthened yours. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- If she were to meet Miss Bates in her way! 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- This brief direction to Charley Bates, and his recent antagonist, was softly and immediately obeyed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- How shocked had he been by her behaviour to Miss Bates! 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Never mind him, my dear,' said the Jew, winking at Mr. Dawkins, and giving Master Bates a reproving tap with the nozzle of the bellows. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- As nails,' added Charley Bates. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- And the least given to peaching,' added Charley Bates. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Entering with bated breath, quietly making all fast, shoelessly mounting the staircase, I sought the dormitory, and reached my couch. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I shall suffer as well as they: but at the end they will find I have not bated nor altered one jot. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
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