at bay
Giriş yap, bu kelimeyi “Kelimelerim”e ekle.
Tanımlar (İngilizce)
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edat öbeği
Unable to come closer; at a distance.
“In that case the enemy himself could have occupied the defences of Corinth and held at bay all the Union troops that arrived.”
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edat öbeği
Cornered; unable to flee.
“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!"”
- edat öbeği 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.)