| 单词 | fast by |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfast by a. With reference to proximity in space: close, very near; at a small distance. Now only in fast beside, fast by (archaic, poetic, or English regional), or with follow, pursue, and similar verbs, where the sense often merges into sense A. 7. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > very near onfastc1175 fastc1300 closea1400 the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] > nearest or very near fast byc1300 next a person's handa1400 next handa1400 at (the) nextc1449 hard by1535 the world > time > relative time > different time > [adverb] > imminently or in the near future ratheeOE rathelyeOE soonc900 shortlya1050 newenc1175 newlya1225 nunonc1225 newenlyc1275 fast byc1300 tomorrowa1382 brieflyc1460 anonc1475 soonlyc1475 of newa1500 suddenlya1500 by and by1526 soon1545 imminently1548 short1556 erelong1577 eminently1646 bimeby1722 directly1851 the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > near in time > imminent or close at hand beside1297 fast byc1300 neara1400 towards1468 hard by1535 c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1963) l. 5 Faste by Radistone. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 15783 Wiþ þat word..þei bigon to awake And him faste aboute biset. a1450 Seven Sages (Cambr. Dd.1.17) (1845) l. 3009 Faste by hym he hyr sete. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 7 The were fyldes full faire fast þere besyde. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 1117 A mill fast without the town. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 725 The Snakie Sorceress that sat Fast by Hell Gate. View more context for this quotation 1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 14 And fast beside him, once-fear'd Edward sleeps. 1729 R. Savage Wanderer v. 399 The Globe of Light Drops sudden; fast pursued by Shades of Night. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 394 Which brought the vessels in our rear fast up. 1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 4 Fast by the springs..Were strewn rich gifts. 1841 W. Wordsworth in R. H. Horne Poems G. Chaucer, Modernized 42 The next bush that was me fast beside. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 97/1 It's fast-by the ohd choch; yer can't miss it iffen yer goo along the jitty an' tonn reight. 2017 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 21 Apr. 5 The Surrey youngster..was following fast behind another car around the Leicestershire circuit. < as lemmas |
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