英:['pɪnfəʊld]
美:[ 'pɪn,fold]
英:['pɪnfəʊld]
美:[ 'pɪn,fold]
Middle English, from Old English pundfald, from pund- enclosure + fald fold
The first known use of pinfold was in the 13th century
1 Embarking on a recuperative cruise, Pinfold begins to hear voices on the ship that he believes are part of a wireless system capable of broadcasting into his head;
搭乘一艘疗养游轮,Pinfold开始在船上听到声音。他相信该船属于对他的大脑进行无线广播的一部分;
2 For then she must think of the cow’s fodder and of the herdsman’s hire, flatter the heyward, defend herself when her cattle is shut up in the pinfold and moreover pay the damage.
3 They hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' the next thing they did find Was a bull-calf in a pinfold, an' that too they left behind.
4 And, as to Cromwell, the people's shepherd has need to keep good count and careful watch; for wolves and foxes in sheep's clothing break into the pinfolds, kill and devour.
5 He was a servant of corruption, holding a candle to disorderly walkers and happy sinners on their way into the devil's pinfold.
6 Then the bush was driven down into the opening; and all that it was necessary to do, was to dip into the pinfold and take out great handfuls of fish.
7 Its earlier meaning is to hamper or entangle— "Confined and pestered in this pinfold here."
8 The cottage at one corner of the Pool is the ancient pinfold, and the rent of it was paid to the lord of the manor.
9 It meant no more than inconveniently crowded; thus Milton: “Confined and pestered in this pinfold here”.
10 Why, they must have been fairly starved on purpose; nay, they must have been in the pinfold all the time he had been laid up.
11 This line is attributive to ‘men.’ pestered ... pinfold, crowded together in this cramped space, the Earth.
12 Oaths were not purpos'd, more than law, To keep the good and just in awe, But to confine the bad and sinful, Like moral cattle, in a pinfold.
13 It appears that in the village there was an ancient pound or pinfold which had degenerated into an unsightly dust-heap, and the old stocks had passed into private hands.
14 Pinfold Street takes its name from the "pound" or "pinfold" that existed there prior to 1752.
15 His close-shaven crown, surrounded by a circle of stiff curled black hair, had something the appearance of a parish pinfold begirt by its high hedge.
16 Oaths were not purpos'd more than law, To keep the good and just in awe, But to confine the bad and sinful, Like moral cattle, in a pinfold.
17 Seldom, since that of the Caudine Forks, did any Army, by ill-luck and ill-guidance, get into such a pinfold,—death or flat surrender seemingly their one alternative.
18 The chapel has been long considered as common ground, my dear, and used for a pinfold, and what objection can we have to the man for employing what is his own to his own profit?
19 If I had thee in Lipsbury pinfold, I would make thee care for me.
20 Hatted Herault leads his distressed flock, through their pinfold of a Tuileries again; across the Garden, to the Gate on the opposite side.
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