| 单词 | in a maze |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a maze a. A state of bewilderment; a feeling of amazement or perplexity; (in plural) confused or puzzled thoughts. Now chiefly in in a maze.In early examples it is uncertain whether a maze or amaze (amaze n.) is intended. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [noun] > state of wonder wonderc1290 ecstasyc1384 mazednessc1395 study?1397 mazec1425 wonderfulness1532 wonderment1535 gape1712 astoundment1810 marvelment1823 jouissance1968 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 1338 To gape & to loke, as it wer on a mase. 1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale sig. G.ijv Orels leue the reder as yt were in hys Maze. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1775/2 The maze was such, that besides his sonne maister Arthure Gray..not a manne else did follow him. 1595 Blanchardine & Eglantine ii. xiii. sig. K2 v The faire Beautrix..stood in a maze. 1631 T. Heywood Fair Maid of West: 2nd Pt. iii. sig. F2 Six, to the maze Of all the rest, were slain. 1653 Cloria & Narcissus 274 Admiration stands at a maze. 1666 J. Bunyan Grace Abounding §20. 302 At this I was put to an exceeding Maze. 1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers iv. 147 That he came to a perfect Recovery from his having been in a Maze seems to appear plainly. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 136 [He] up the street Rade on—in mickle maze I ween, For fient ae face was to be seen. 1835 D. Webster Orig. Sc. Rhymes 29 In midst o' my mazes reflection unkind, Shew'd the form of a faithless young fair in my mind. 1899 A. L. Salmon West-Country Ballads & Verses 60 My mind is kind of in a maze. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers xii. 332 In a maze, he wandered out for a drink. 1935 L. Mann Human Drift xiii. 103 What madness was in her! She had come here in a maze, without thinking and now she wanted only to turn and run. 1996 T. P. Dolan & D. Ó Muirithe Dial. Forth & Bargy 27 Maze, amazement. < as lemmas |
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