スレッドを立てるまでもない質問スレッド Part 354

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681:名無しさん＠英語勉強中 (ﾜｯﾁｮｲ 8739-klkx)
20/01/22 08:03:31 rBdsTxKA0.net
>>648
たとえば The Oxford English Dictionary という、例の全20巻くらいいある
でっかい英英辞典には、次のように書いてある。定義文も例文もすべて
目を通せば、とても勉強になる。

pull up
a. transitive. To draw (a horse's reins) tight, as a means of stopping;
to cause (a horse, or horse-drawn vehicle) to stop by doing this;
to bring to a halt.

(1) 1623 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) II. 392
A man, thinking nothing, ●pulled up his coach●, and so made the horse start a little.

(2) 1706 J. Stevens tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (ed. 2) I. xi. 56
Pray, sir, recollect your self, ●pull up the reins●, and ride like a man.
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(3) 1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 21
Of course you drop the reins entirely on that side, and ●pull them up● sharp
with both hands, on the other.

(4) 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. i. 3
Two horsemen ●pulled up their steeds● beneath a wide oak.

(5) 1865 J. S. Le Fanu Guy Deverell I. vii. 96
He..●pulled up his steaming horse● by the station.

(6) 1925 Chambers's Jrnl. Christmas No. 854/2
When he and I encountered, ahorse on a road, we ●pulled up our horses●
and conversed.

(7) 1993 Racing Post 20 Feb. 9/4 I thought he'd stop after about two miles
but I had a job ●pulling him up● past the post.

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