单词 | exodus |
释义 | Exodusn. 1. The title of the book of the Old Testament which relates the departure of the Israelites out of Egypt.In 14–16th centuries sometimes ‘Book of Exodi’, retaining the Latin genitive. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Old Testament > divisions of Old Testament > [noun] > Exodus Exodusc1000 exode?c1225 c1000 Ælfric On O.T. (Sweet) 63 Seo oðer boc is Exodus gehaten. 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Exod. Prol. This book of Exodi, that is to seie, of going out, makith mencioun, that, etc. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rom. ix. f. xxv That, whiche in the boke of Exodi is by God spoken, I wyl shewe mercy, to whom soeuer I shewe mercy. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 8 In Exodus and Leuiticus..are many thinges..very easie and plaine. 1611 Bible (King James) (heading) The Second Booke of Moses, called Exodus. So 1885 Bible (R.V.) ] 2. A going out or forth. a. spec. The departure of the Israelites from Egypt. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [noun] > instance of > specifically of the Israelites from Egypt egression?a1475 Exodusa1646 Exodya1676 exodea1751 Exody1775 a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 107 The Men of Hamel date all their publick Matters especially, from this Exodus, or going forth of the Children. 1765 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 4) IV. iv. vi. 85 The two generations, between the exodus from Egypt and the entrance into Canaan. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 460 (note) Pharaoh consented to the Exodus, but it was only in wrath and fear. b. gen. (more or less consciously transferred from 2a). literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > an act or instance of forthcomec1000 outlope?1241 going-outc1350 forthgoing1382 excourse?1520 forthcoming1533 outcoming1548 Exodus1623 outray?1624 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > a going away disanchoring1548 Exodus1623 slope1859 waying1922 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [noun] > instance of disanchoring1548 Exodus1623 Hegira1753 1623–6 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Exodus, a going out. 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. i. 176 Our exodus from New York..commenced under the happiest auspices. 1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia III. ii. xiv. 40 To trace that son's exodus from the paternal mansion. 1858 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (new ed.) vi. §306 The air..at its exodus, is dry. 1862 R. Vaughan Eng. Nonconformity 383 The exodus from the established church which dates from the 17th August, 1662. 1881 J. P. Mahaffy Old Greek Educ. xi. 140 A formal exodus of philosophic students, who only returned with Theophrastus. c. esp. The departure or going out, usually of a body of persons from a country for the purpose of settling elsewhere. Also figurative. Cf. emigration n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > emigration > [noun] > an emigration or exodus Exodus1834 exode1882 chicken run1976 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. i, in Fraser's Mag. Feb. 177/1 This Genesis of his can properly be nothing but an Exodus (or transit out of Invisibility into Visibility). 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits x. 171 The poor-rate was..forcing an exodus of farmers and mechanics. 1862 T. C. Grattan Beaten Paths I. 132 The rushing exodus, as it was the fashion to call this continuous transatlantic movement. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xiv. 202 A complete exodus of the entire tribe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1000 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。