| 单词 | field of honour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield of honour P12. field of honour: the battlefield; (also) the field where a duel is fought. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [noun] fieldeOE place?c1225 fletc1275 champ of battlec1300 champany?a1400 o laundon?a1400 palaestrac1425 battle-stead1487 fighting-stead1487 open fielda1500 spear-field1508 joining-place1513 camp1525 foughten field1569 battleground1588 Aceldama1607 champian?1611 field of honour1611 champaign1614 standing ground1662 fighting-field1676 battlefield1715 society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [noun] > place for single combat champ closc1300 field of honour1995 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xv. 632/1 We now goe into the field of honour, and to the worke of manhood, which your great valours so long haue expected and praied for. 1661 R. Boyle Some Consider. Style of Script. (1675) 209 He [sc. David] gathered bayes both on Parnassus and in the field of honor. 1779 A. Hewat Hist. Acct. Rise & Progress Colonies S. Carolina & Georgia II. x. 255 The duel..terminated without bloodshed, and not a little to the credit of the Scots officer, though his antagonist shewed no less spirit in the field of honour, falsely so called, than in defence of his country. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 52 My forefathers have been dragoons, and died on the field of honour. 1921 Times 19 July 13/2 Paying solemn and patriotic tribute to the memory of our troops fallen on the field of honour. 1995 Denver Post 9 Apr. d3/1 If someone said something..that really furred your duck, you invited him to the field of honor. < as lemmas |
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