| 单词 | done in a corner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdone in a corner a. transferred. A small, out-of-the-way, secluded place, that escapes notice or intrusion; ‘a secret or remote place’ (Johnson). done in a corner: done privily or covertly. hole and corner: see hole-and-corner adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [noun] > a nook, corner haleeOE hirnec897 halkea1300 cornerc1384 nookc1450 hele?1527 creek1573 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxvi. 26 Forsoth nether in a corner is ouȝt of these thingis don. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 1640 Lokez the contree be clere, the corners are large. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. ii. 34 Not in corners and holes only, but openly in all these places. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 4 Ryches hepyd in cornerys never applyd to the use of other. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (1625) i. 44 There was..no brothel-house but he haunted, no odde corner but he knew. 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iv. viii. 475 What ever private contract may be transacted in corners betwixt the parties. 1717 A. Pope Epil. Jane Shore in Wks. 412 In some close corner of the soul, they sin. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) II. 198 The theory throws some degree of light upon a dark corner of the human mind. 1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars iii. 160 Such things were not done in a corner. < as lemmas |
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