| 单词 | ground-fast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasground-fast ground-fast adj. firmly fixed in the ground; †also as n., that which holds a thing firm. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [adjective] > so as to be firmly fixed > in the ground earthfastOE ground-fast1659 sitfast1795 1659 C. Hoole tr. J. A. Comenius Orbis Sensualium Pictus lxxxiv. 173/1 The Nave, is the ground-fast [L. basis] of the Wheel. c1680 E. Hickeringill Hist. Whiggism in Wks. (1716) I. 25 He is ground-fast and safe, that keeps to this certain Principle of Truth. 1720 D. Campbell in Hist. Life & Adventures D. Campbell Ep. Ded. p. xii In Yorkshire they kneel on a Ground-fast Stone..and say, All hail to the Moon. 1891 J. C. Atkinson Last of Giant-killers 215 Earth and sods and ground~fast rocks. < as lemmas |
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