单词 | along the ground |
释义 | > as lemmasalong (also on, to) the ground a. The earth regarded as the surface upon which man and his surroundings naturally rest or move; frequently in prepositional phrases, as along (also on, to) the ground (†formerly also without the article), above (also under) ground. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > ground > [noun] ground971 earthOE fleta1000 foldOE landOE floor?a1400 soila1400 margin?a1425 yird1433 sulye1434 swardc1440 leaa1475 paithmentc1480 visagea1500 crust1555 mother earth1568 solum1829 carpet1918 deck1925 dutty1925 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > downwards [phrase] > to or towards the ground along (also on, to) the ground971 to the groundward1562 the world > space > relative position > low position > [adverb] > under > under the ground underground1598 above (also under) grounda1604 subterraneous1712 subterraneously1764 subterraneanly1859 971 Blickl. Hom. 221 Ða eodan hie eft to ðæm tune, & þæt gild gebræcan & gefyldan eal oþ grund. OE Beowulf 2294 Hordweard sohte georne æfter grunde, wolde guman findan. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9285 Illc an treo þatt..Ne bereþþ nohht god wasstme Shall bi þe grund beon hæwenn upp. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 2768 Wat is binuþe þe gronde, þat makeþ þat þe fondement ne stont none stounde. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2640 Ðe child it warp dun to de [read ðe] grund. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 246 Ase þet trau þet is ykarked mid frut, þe more hit bouȝ to þe grunde. c1386 G. Chaucer Prioress's Tale 223 He fil al plat vp on the grounde. c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 8738 Oon gaf him on the ere Such a clap with his fist That he thoo the ground kyst. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 10 In Aperill, quhen cleithit is..The abill ground be wyrking off natur. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 29 On the fertill skyrt lappis of the ground. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. June 6 The simple ayre, the gentle warbling wynde..The grassye ground with daintye Daysies dight. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xii. sig. Oo6 To ground He fell halfe dead. a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 86 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) If any be much under grownd, the dampnesse of the earth takes away their lively colour. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 43 Were the City again in the hands of the Moors, or even with the Ground, it were better for us. 1772 G. White Let. 12 Apr. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 149 After I left Sussex the tortoise retired into the ground under the hepatica. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 61 He looked on the ground while he answered her. 1888 J. McCarthy & R. C. Praed Ladies' Gallery II. xi. 214 He stumbled..and I came to the ground with him. < as lemmas |
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