at bay

介词短语
中文释义

英文释义

介词短语
  1. Unable to come closer; at a distance. idiomatic
    — In that case the enemy himself could have occupied the defences of Corinth and held at bay all the Union troops that arrived.
  2. Cornered; unable to flee. idiomatic
    — The hills, like giants at a hunting, lay / Chin upon hand, to see the game at bay,— / "Now stab and end the creature - to the heft!"
  3. Of an animal, especially a docile animal in contrast to a predatory animal which would be blazoned statant: standing, in profile toward dexter, with all four feet on the ground. (If gazing at the viewer, the animal is at gaze.)

词源

From bay (“excited howling of dogs”).
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