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forelock n.額發,額毛〔尤指馬等的〕。 take [seize]...

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Another then put in his word : and they dressed him , says he , in a point shift and petticoat with a tippet and girdle and ruffles on his wrists and clipped his forelock and rubbed him all over with spermacetic oil and built stables for him at every turn of the road with a gold manger in each full of the best hay in the market so that he could doss and dung to his heart s content 此刻另一男子曰: “伊等給彼穿上刺繡花邊衣裙,配以坎肩及腰帶,袖口綴以褶邊,將額發剪短,渾身涂以鯨腦油132 。于每一街角為其筑一座黃金牛槽133 ,裝滿市上最上等干草,供其盡情伏臥拉屎。

Mr wright is a centralist . for him london is the only possible source of political , economic and social health . and those who don ' t touch their forelocks at the mention of london , he despises 賴特先生是個集權制擁護者,在他看來,倫敦是政治,經濟和社會興旺的唯一發源地,對那些在提及倫敦時不肅然起敬的人,他很蔑視。

Now , sir , it s got to come to blows sooner or later and what i propose is , to take time by the forelock , as the saying is , and come to blows some fine day when they least expect it 這樣,閣下,這就是個是遲些還是早些進行打擊的問題。而我的建議是,正如俗語所說,把握時機,然后在某一天,出其不意,攻其不備。

Does america , which led the world in ditching monarchs , hereditary titles and forelock - tugging , really want to be the first country to start going backwards 曾經引領世界革除君主制度、世襲頭銜和等級階層的美國真想成為倒退風潮的始作俑者?

Vingo will be leaving the country soon , so if you want to ask him anything you must take time by the forelock and do it now 文戈不久就要離開這個國家了,因此,如果你有什么事想要問他,應該抓緊時機,馬上去問。

And john would touch his forelock with a solemn way he had , that made me think he was the best of men 說著,約翰會以他特有的莊嚴的神情掠一掠他的額發,這使我覺得他是船員中最好的一個。

Ay , ay , sir , answered the cook ; and , touching his forelock , he disappeared at once in the direction of his galley “呃,呃,閣下。 ”廚子應著,摸了摸額發,立刻就消失在廚房那頭了。

Take time by the forelock 要抓住時機

Take time by the forelock 要抓住時機。

Take time by the forelock 把握目前的時機。

And he politely pulled his forelock 他很有禮貌

He laid his hand on the forelock of balashovs horse 他把自己的手放在巴拉瑟夫坐騎的鬣毛上。

A tuft of hair , especially a forelock 額前的一綹卷發一縷頭發,尤指額發