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单词 come to a stand
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to come to a stand
a. A state of checked or arrested movement; a standstill. Chiefly in to be at a stand, to come to a stand, to bring or put (a person or animal) to a stand.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state of cessation of movement
standinga1398
stay1525
stand1584
consistence1598
still-stand1600
station1603
standstilla1646
dead lock1781
1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. i. f. 61 Bearing to that coast where the sunne is at a stand in winter.
1623 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden (ed. 2) vii. 20 At the fal of the leafe..about that time is ye greatest stand (but not descent) of sap.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 10 The Winds shrank upon us from off the Coast of Ginea..and had left us at a stand.
1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. I. iv.* 139 Nor could he ever be persuaded to believe..that at the first pass he came to, his whole army would be put to a stand.
1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xvii. 310 We were..brought to a stand on this very plain by severe fever.
2019 @LNER 18 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 19 Sept. 2019) The 09:30 #KingsCross to #Edinburgh has come to a stand with a train fault.
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to come to a stand
c. A state of arrested activity, development, growth, fluctuation, or change. Chiefly in at a stand, to come to a stand. Now rare and archaic.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > [noun] > a stop or cessation of action or process
steadc1000
stayc1563
full stopa1586
period1590
death blow1596
vacation1617
stand1625
let-up1836
estop1884
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 242 The Greatest Part of Trade, is driuen by Young Merchants, vpon Borrowing at Interest: So as if the Vsurer, either call in, or keepe backe his Money, there will ensue presently a great Stand of Trade.
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 171 Nor did the pure Latine tongue continue long at a stand of perfection in Rome..but she receivd changes and corruption.
1664 R. Flecknoe Short Disc. Eng. Stage G 4 b We began before them [sc. the French], and if since they seem to have out-stript us, 'tis because our Stage ha's stood at a stand this many years.
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 141 My wheat, for want of rain, was at a stand in it's growth.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 324 The effect [of attempting by law to regulate prices] was, a momentary apparent stand in the price of articles.
1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. v. 223 In the northern winter, not only vegetable life, but likewise vegetable decay must be at a stand.
1842 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 24 Nov. in Amer. Notebks. (1972) vi. 365 Vegetation has quite come to a stand.
1979 P. O'Brian Fortune of War ix. 304 There is a mort of work at a stand.
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