资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
{To throw on}, to cast on; to load.
{To throw one's self down}, to lie down neglectively or
suddenly.
{To throw one's self on} or {upon}.
(a) To fall upon.
(b) To resign one's self to the favor, clemency, or
sustain power of (another); to repose upon.
{To throw out}.
(a) To cast out; to reject or discard; to expel. ``The
other two, whom they had thrown out, they were
content should enjoy their exile.'' --Swift. ``The
bill was thrown out.'' --Swift.
(b) To utter; to give utterance to; to speak; as, to
throw out insinuation or observation. ``She throws
out thrilling shrieks.'' --Spenser.
(c) To distance; to leave behind. --Addison.
(d) To cause to project; as, to throw out a pier or an
abutment.
(e) To give forth; to emit; as, an electric lamp throws
out a brilliant light.
(f) To put out; to confuse; as, a sudden question often
throws out an orator.
{To throw over}, to abandon the cause of; to desert; to
discard; as, to throw over a friend in difficulties.
{To throw up}.
(a) To resign; to give up; to demit; as, to throw up a
commission. ``Experienced gamesters throw up their
cards when they know that the game is in the enemy's
hand.'' --Addison.
(b) To reject from the stomach; to vomit.
(c) To construct hastily; as, to throw up a breastwork of
earth.