| 单词 |
roughshod |
| 释义 |
roughshod, a. and pa. pple.|ˈrʌfʃɒd|
1. Of horses: Having shoes with the nail-heads projecting; chiefly fig. in phr. to ride roughshod over, to domineer or tyrannize over, to treat without any consideration.
1688Holme Armoury iii. 90/1 Rough shod,—when the nails are not yet worn that holds on the shoes. 1790Burns Ball. Dumfries Election xxiii, Lord, send a rough-shod troop o' Hell O'er a' wad Scotland buy or sell, To grind them in the mire! 1813Moore Post-bag i. 20 'Tis a scheme of the Romanists, so help me God! To ride over your most Royal Highness roughshod. 1861Sat. Rev. Nov. 547 We remember that we have ridden roughshod over neutrals in our time. 1896A. Dobson 18th C. Vignettes Ser. iii. v. 149 The Doctor rode rough-shod over him with an inaccurate illustration.
transf.1891Smiles Mem. J. Murray I. v. 92 The rough⁓shod way in which it [the Edinburgh Review] endeavoured to crush down rising authors.
2. As pa. pple. Provided with shoes which are roughed to prevent slipping.
1826Scott Jrnl. 26 Nov., Horses..gone to the smithy to be roughshod in this snowy weather. |
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