| 单词 | grand chain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrand chain f. A line of people formed for a particular purpose, spec. a bucket chain (see bucket n.1 Compounds); grand chain: a dance-figure in which each person dances with a line of people one after another (cf. sense 5d). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > figure > figures in quadrilles and country-dances allemande?1770 reel1804 pastourelle?1814 poussette1814 pastorale1822 ladies' chain1825 poussetting1836 tour1841 grand chain1864 first set1894 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > arrangement in (a) row(s) or line(s > [noun] > a line or row > specifically of people or animals > formed for a specific purpose chain1864 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xi. 104 Sixteen disciples of Podsnappery went through the figures of..the grand chain. 1876 C. M. Yonge Three Brides v. 72 I tried to get them to form a chain and drench the warehouses. 1932 Daily Express 28 June 1/2 When one fire brigade failed, the village girls..assisted the men in a ‘bucket chain’ until another brigade arrived. 1941 J. Cary House of Children 61 We went through a lancers together where all the girls..shouted: ‘Grand chain—do think what you're doing.’ 1963 Guardian 17 Jan. 16/4 The staff..formed a human chain to rescue Chinese ceramics..from the firm's main showroom after a water main burst. grand chain grand chain n. see chain n. 5f. < as lemmas |
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