| 单词 |
imbosk |
| 释义 |
† imbosk, v. Obs. Also 6 -bosque. [ad. It. imboscare ‘to enter or goe into a wood, to take couert or shelter as a Deere doeth... Also to lay in ambush’ (Florio), f. im- (im-1) + bosco wood. Cf. emboss v.2] refl. To hide or conceal oneself.
1562J. Shute Cambine's Turk. Wars ii. 11 Scanderbeg went as secretly as possyble, to imbosque him selfe neare to that place. 1612–20Shelton Quix. iii. viii. (1675) 46 Sancho..requesting him to depart..and imbosk himself in the mountain. 1657S. W. Schism Dispach't 221 He cares not..what contradictions he maintains, so he can but imbosk himself handsomely in them. b. intr. for refl.
1641Milton Reform. i. Wks. (1847) 10/1 They seek the dark, the bushy, the tangled forest, they would imbosk. |

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容:
相关热词搜索:imbosk英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语