单词 | in a person's audience |
释义 | > as lemmasin a person's audience a. The range or sphere of hearing (of a person or group of people); (also) the capacity (of a person or group) to hear or attend to something. Chiefly in in a person's audience: in a person's hearing. archaic and rare in later use.See also in open (also general) audience at Phrases 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > [noun] hearingc1230 audiencea1393 audition1656 autophony1871 phonoreception1940 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 669 To speke upon Astronomie..Som part I thenke to declare, Mi Sone, unto thin Audience. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 3549 He..said in al þar audiens. 1534 J. Fewterer tr. U. Pinder Myrrour Christes Passion f. lxxiiiv Annas moued vnto Christ an vnwyse..question before and in the audience of all the people that were there present. 1651 T. Fuller et al. Abel Redevivus 255 And uttereth these words, in the audience of the congregation. 1654 D. Dickson Brief Explic. Last 50 Psalmes 305 A heart enlarged with the sense of Gods Majesty..will not stand to..proclaim Gods truth..in the audience of the greatest men on the earth. 1734 J. Hunt Ess. Hist. & Revelations of Script. 103 Abraham again bowing himself before the people of the land, spake to Ephron in their audience. 1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric II. iii. ii. 292 This champion had given an open defiance to Israel..in the audience of all the army. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xxiv. 109 Thou in his audience shouldst thereof discourse. 2003 M. Baker Counsel Fit for King ii. 31 The leader read the Book of the Law in its entirety in the audience of all the people. < as lemmas |
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