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单词 corner-stone
释义

corner-stonen.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcorner-stone.
1.
a. One of the stones forming the quoin or salient angle of a wall, a quoin-stone.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > specific stone or brick
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxviii. 6 Who dide doun the corner ston of it?
1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 55/1 The corner stone that lyeth on the toppe.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxi. 197 That first layde corner stone in Zerubabels buildinges.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. iv. 1 See you yon'd Coin a'th Capitol, yon'd corner stone?
1724 I. Watts Logick iv. ii. Rule 1 The largest and fairest building sinks..to the ground, if the foundations and corner-stones of it are feeble and insufficient.
1862 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 6) 63 The quoins or corner stones are arranged in a peculiar manner.
1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 94 The rest of the work, beyond these strong reliable corner-stones, is almost as rough as rubble.
b. figurative (esp. in reference to its function in consolidating the building.)
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager
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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Eph. ii. 20 Aboue bildid on the foundement of apostlis and of prophetis, bi that hiȝeste corner stoon, Crist Jhesu.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19155 Iesu..þat es mad als a quarner stan For to mak tuin folk an.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 59 A trust in God is the grand corner stone of all Religion.
1803 S. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 32/2 The high price of labour is the very corner-stone on which the prosperity of a new colony depends.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 30 Why should we make an ambiguous word the corner-stone of moral philosophy?
2. The coving of a fireplace. Obsolete.
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1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 118 Corner-stones..are 2 Stones..of which there stands one in each Jamb of a Chimney. Their Faces are hollow in the breadth, being a certain Sweep of a Circle..their heighth reaches from the Hearth to the Mantle-tree.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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