| 单词 | gates of paradise |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgates of paradise b. the gate(s of heaven, gates of hell, gates of paradise, where the word may originally have been apprehended in a material sense. Also the gate(s of death, used to denote a near approach to death (cf. death's gate n. at death n. Compounds 3c). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > entrance to the gate(s of heavenc1000 heaven gatec1225 pearly gatesa1618 the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > entrance to hell-doorOE hell gateOE gates of hellc1000 hell-mouthOE mouthOE the world > life > death > [noun] > point of death's gateOE the gate(s of death1340 lasta1382 (in) the article (formerly also articles) of death1483 death's door1515 the valley of the shadow of death1535 (one's) last gasp1564 death door1601 extremity1602 on one's last legs1614 verge1750 the Great (Continental) Divide1908 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xvi. 18 Ofer þisne stan ic timbrige mine cyricean and helle gatu [c1160 Hatton Gosp. gate] ne magon ongen þa. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 41 He him sceawede haȝe treon eisliche beorninde et-foren helle ȝete. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 105 Þe giate of paradis is opened to-genes hem. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2127 Þou ert he Þat fra þe yhates of dede liftes me. 1382 J. Wyclif Psalms cvi[i]. 18 And they neȝheden to the ȝatis of deth [L. portas mortis]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3783 Open him thoght þe ȝate of heuen. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) viii. 29 Þai er þe entreez and þe ȝ ates of hell. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 56 Þe ȝats of helle schal not be miȝty aȝen þe. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. vi. 61 And now is here none otheregate, Bot Godys howse and heuens yate. 1662 Bk. Com. Prayer Collect Easter Even, That through the grave, and gate of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection. 1678 Lady Chaworth in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 50 Lord Rochester hath bin att the gates of death. 1775 J. Wesley Let. 28 July (1931) VI. 166 Last month I was at the gates of death. But it pleased God just then to rebuke the fever. 1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. iii, in Lamia & Other Poems 198 Most like the struggle at the gate of death. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 4 To each alike of the countless orthodox sects his name is the symbol for the prevailing of the gates of hell. 1916 W. M. Clow Evangel of Strait Gate xv. 173 These young men..have gone down not only to the horror of the battlefield but to the gates of death as they made the supreme sacrifice. < as lemmas |
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