| 释义 |
† exˈpection Obs.
Also 6 expeccion.
[erron. f. expect, after apparent analogy of inspect, inspection.]
= expectation.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 520/1 There is..nowe lefte vs..a terryble expeccion and lookyng for of iudgement. 1568C. Watson Polyb. 856 Acquiting himself very well of the expection which the people conceived of him. 1640Nabbes Bride B ij/2 Shee makes my patience tyre With so much expection. 1658W. Burton Itin. Anton. 136 So impatient was his expection. |