英语词汇“dunstable way”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†1. In Dunstable highway, Dunstable road, Dunstable way, the way to Dunstable, etc., as the type of something simple, straightforward, or direct (see note in etymology).

a. In the proverbial phrase as plain as Dunstable highway (also road, way), as plain as the way to Dunstable, etc. Obsolete.Later also with highway, way, road omitted or used in a different grammatical construction, usually for reasons of rhyme (e.g. quots. 1658, 1776).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > direct and straight > type of something direct and straight

Dunstable way1577

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hii^v Were ye as playne as Dunstable hye waie. Yet shulde ye that waie rather breake a loue daie, Than make one.

1577 J. Bishop Beautifull Blossomes To Rdr. sig. ¶.iii^v Let them passe it ouer, and reade the rest: whiche are all pleasant, and as plaine as Dunstable way.

1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax sig. H5 Indeed for the deuise I graunt it is as plaine as dunstable high way.

?1609 J. Healey tr. Bp. J. Hall Discouery New World i. vi. 86 Hee..shewed mee the way, as plaine as Dunstable roade.

1658 T. Flatman Naps upon Parnassus sig. C If thou wouldst write (as we say) plain as Dunstable; We might then apprehend thee; but not Constable Now can do't.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Bedf. 114 As plain as Dunstable Road. It is applied to things plain and simple without welt or guard to adorne them, as also to matters easie and obvious to be found without any difficulty or direction.

1682 H. Care Hist. Popery IV. 144 All this, if need be, we will have proved as plain as the way to Dunstable in the next Observator.

1776 Asylum Fugitives I. 39 As plain as road is to Dunstable, I'll prove there's treason in that fable.

b. In wider uses alluding to the proverbial phrase. In early use usually preceded by plain (cf. senses A. 2, B.). Obsolete.

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1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Bii Some..that walked in y^e kynges highe waye ordinarilye, vprightlye, playne Dunstable waye.

1617 J. Swetnam Schoole Sci. Defence xii. 162 There is a backe blow which is to be made two waies, the one is a plaine Dunstable way, that is, to fetch thy sword from off thy left shoulder, & so to strike it to the right side of thy enimies head.

1675 V. Alsop Anti-Sozzo iii. 132 It will quit for Cost little better than the plain Dunstable high-way of Favour, Alliance, and Bribery.

1681 T. Langford Plain Instr. Fruit-trees To Rdr. sig. A3^v I..shewed the plain Dunstable way to the propagating of all manner of Fruit-trees, without leading the learner through bushes, and a wilderness of Words.

1703 W. Nicholls Conf. with Theist V. 8 I cannot endure to go jogging on in the dull Dunstable Road of Divinity, where things are said over and over in the same way.

1744 W. Warburton Remarks Occas. Refl. 128 I would advise him to return again as fast as he can into the old Dunstable Road of Moses and a future State for ever.

1834 R. Southey Doctor I. 86 In his way through the world, which had not been along the King's high Dunstable road, Guy had picked up a competent share of Latin.

单词	dunstable way
释义	> as lemmas Dunstable way †1. In Dunstable highway, Dunstable road, Dunstable way, the way to Dunstable, etc., as the type of something simple, straightforward, or direct (see note in etymology). a. In the proverbial phrase as plain as Dunstable highway (also road, way), as plain as the way to Dunstable, etc. Obsolete.Later also with highway, way, road omitted or used in a different grammatical construction, usually for reasons of rhyme (e.g. quots. 1658, 1776). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > direct and straight > type of something direct and straight Dunstable way1577 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hii^v Were ye as playne as Dunstable hye waie. Yet shulde ye that waie rather breake a loue daie, Than make one. 1577 J. Bishop Beautifull Blossomes To Rdr. sig. ¶.iii^v Let them passe it ouer, and reade the rest: whiche are all pleasant, and as plaine as Dunstable way. 1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax sig. H5 Indeed for the deuise I graunt it is as plaine as dunstable high way. ?1609 J. Healey tr. Bp. J. Hall Discouery New World i. vi. 86 Hee..shewed mee the way, as plaine as Dunstable roade. 1658 T. Flatman Naps upon Parnassus sig. C If thou wouldst write (as we say) plain as Dunstable; We might then apprehend thee; but not Constable Now can do't. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Bedf. 114 As plain as Dunstable Road. It is applied to things plain and simple without welt or guard to adorne them, as also to matters easie and obvious to be found without any difficulty or direction. 1682 H. Care Hist. Popery IV. 144 All this, if need be, we will have proved as plain as the way to Dunstable in the next Observator. 1776 Asylum Fugitives I. 39 As plain as road is to Dunstable, I'll prove there's treason in that fable. b. In wider uses alluding to the proverbial phrase. In early use usually preceded by plain (cf. senses A. 2, B.). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Bii Some..that walked in y^e kynges highe waye ordinarilye, vprightlye, playne Dunstable waye. 1617 J. Swetnam Schoole Sci. Defence xii. 162 There is a backe blow which is to be made two waies, the one is a plaine Dunstable way, that is, to fetch thy sword from off thy left shoulder, & so to strike it to the right side of thy enimies head. 1675 V. Alsop Anti-Sozzo iii. 132 It will quit for Cost little better than the plain Dunstable high-way of Favour, Alliance, and Bribery. 1681 T. Langford Plain Instr. Fruit-trees To Rdr. sig. A3^v I..shewed the plain Dunstable way to the propagating of all manner of Fruit-trees, without leading the learner through bushes, and a wilderness of Words. 1703 W. Nicholls Conf. with Theist V. 8 I cannot endure to go jogging on in the dull Dunstable Road of Divinity, where things are said over and over in the same way. 1744 W. Warburton Remarks Occas. Refl. 128 I would advise him to return again as fast as he can into the old Dunstable Road of Moses and a future State for ever. 1834 R. Southey Doctor I. 86 In his way through the world, which had not been along the King's high Dunstable road, Guy had picked up a competent share of Latin. extracted from Dunstablen.adj. < as lemmas
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