Sally
['sælɪ] or ['sæli]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a venture off the beaten path; 'a sally into the wide world beyond his home'.
手打:洛伊斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.
(v.) A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
(v.) A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie.
(v.) An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.
(v.) A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind.
(v.) Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
埃德娜校對
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Sortie.[2]. Digression, excursion.[3]. Frolic, escapade, wild gayety.[4]. Jest, joke, quip, quirk, crank, witticism, JEU D'ESPRIT, sprightly fancy, flash of wit.
v. n. Rush out, issue suddenly, sally forth.
达米安校對
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Burst, start, issue
ANT:Retire, retreat, withdraw
手打:朱迪
解釋/意思:
n. a kind of stone-fly: a wren.—n. Sall′ypick′er one of several different warblers.
n. a leaping or bursting out: a sudden rushing forth of troops to attack besiegers: excursion: outburst of fancy wit &c.: levity: a projection.—v.i. to rush out suddenly: to mount:—pa.t. and pa.p. sall′ied.—n. Sall′y-port a passage by which a garrison may make a sally: a large port for the escape of a crew when a fire-ship is set on fire.
阿维斯整理
例句/造句/用法:
- William's sally had quite broken and cast her down. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Dorset greeted the sally with delight. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Deborah, the prophetess, told Barak to take ten thousand men and sally forth against another King Jabin who had been doing something. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Pancks recognised the sally in his usual way, and took in his provender in his usual way. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- At this sally another special laughed, and then tried to look so supernaturally solemn, that the magistrate detected him immediately. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- If you please, mistress,' said a withered old female pauper, hideously ugly: putting her head in at the door, 'Old Sally is a-going fast. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Well, laws, I 's a thinkin, Missis, it's time Sally was put along to be doin' something. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I have known as many as three copper-plate engravers exchanging the most exquisite sallies and retorts there, at one time. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Reform tickets make periodic sallies against it, crying economy, efficiency, and a business administration. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- At the uprising of morn, we sat at our repast, and cheated our regrets by gay sallies or learned disquisitions. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- He was gay, playful, fascinating--but never did he overstep the modesty of nature, or the respect due to himself, in his wildest sallies. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Not that she was inclined to sarcasm and to impulsive sallies, as Mary was. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- There were some sallies and minor successes, and Antony was loud with challenges to Octavian to decide the matter by personal combat. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- We were all virtuous girls when Amy, one fine afternoon, left her father's house and sallied forth, like Don Quixote, in quest of adventures. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Legree, though he talked so stoutly to Cassy, still sallied forth from the house with a degree of misgiving which was not common with him. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- After a hearty breakfast, the four gentlemen sallied forth to walk to Gravesend, followed by a man bearing the stone in its deal box. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I promised to comply, as soon as I could get away; and after the curtain fell, sallied forth on my melancholy errand. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- She saw Mr. Lawrence drive off, and then sallied out to dig her way down to the hedge, where she paused and took a survey. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- It was a dull and heavy evening when they again sallied forth on their awkward errand. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- And he sallied out of the inn, bending his steps once more in the direction of Brompton. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Blathers and Duff; and actually put on his hat preparatory to sallying forth to obtain the assistance of those worthies. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
編輯:纳内特