| 释义 |
▪ I. indraw, v.|ɪnˈdrɔː|
[f. in-1 + draw v.]
trans. To draw in.
See also M.E.D. indrauen.
1883R. Jefferies Story of my Heart vii. 116 It is lying beside the immortals, in-drawing the life of the ocean, the earth, and the sun. 1887G. Meredith Ballads & Poems 62 Fearful.. All their breath indrew. 1905J. Thornton in T. Stephens Child & Religion ix. 316 He [sc. Christ] ‘indraws’, and stores up in the interiors of the child's spirit all the good affections of innocence. 1911W. Owen Let. 17 Sept. (1967) 82 Depend upon it, whichever Fire indraws me, I shall..come out unscathed.
▪ II. ˈindraw, n. rare.
[f. in adv. 11 d + draw n.]
The act of drawing in.
1899A. C. Lyall Asiatic Stud. 2nd Ser. vii. 380 There has always been an indraw from the cool uplands..into the low-lying fertile regions. |
