单词 | from on high |
释义 | > as lemmasfrom on high b. from on high (rarely from high): from a high place or position; spec. from heaven. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [phrase] > from on high or heaven from higha1225 the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adverb] > from Heaven heavenlyOE from higha1225 celestially1593 a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 79 (MED) Adam..alihte from hehe in to lahe. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2327 Þe Amyral þat was so riche ys falle doun fram an heȝ. a1456 (a1402) J. Trevisa tr. Gospel of Nicodemus (BL Add.) f. 107 He shal visyte yowe..and comeþe frame heghe to vs þat sitteþe in derknesse. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) John iii. f. cxxiij He that commeth from an hye is above all. 1531 W. Tyndale Expos. Fyrste Epist. St. Jhon Prol. sig. Aiiijv He which ever crepith..can not fal frome an hie. 1557 Bible (Whittingham) John iii. 31 He that commeth from an hye, is aboue all. 1611 Bible (King James) Luke i. 78 The dayspring from on high hath visited us. View more context for this quotation 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §832 For Raine, and other Dew, that fall from high, cannot preserue the Smell. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 116 Their Flocks Father (forc'd from high to leap) Swims down the Stream. View more context for this quotation 1747 T. Gray Ode Eton Coll. 7 Ambition This shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the Wretch from high. 1821 R. Heber in Evangelical Mag. July 316 We, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high. 1859 F. Wharton Treat. Theism 249 He forgot that to raise a pierless bridge that was to be eternal, its support must be derived from on high. 1949 N. Mitford Love in Cold Climate ii. vi. 249 Now the Boreley family consider that they have a special mandate, bestowed from on high, to deal with everything that regards the horse. 1992 Economist 29 Feb. 74/2 Managers, carrying out instructions from on high, may not know whether the farm they run is in profit or loss. 2009 Independent 22 Oct. (Life section) 9/5 It's like having God the Father come down from on high. < as lemmas |
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