单词 | in ear |
释义 | > as lemmasin (the) ear P2. in (the) ear: in the stage of bearing ears (cf. in flower at flower n. 10a). Similarly into ear.In Old English also †on the ear. ΚΠ OE West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) iv. 28 Seo eorðe wæstm berað ærest gærs, syððan ear, syþþan fullne hwæte on þam eare [OE Lindisf. in eher, OE Rushw. in æhher, c1200 West Saxon Gospels: Hatton on þam eare; L. in spica]. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 28 (MED) Þanne by þe godspelle þet corn heþ þri stas, uor hit is uerst ase ine gerse, efterward ine yere, efterward is uol of frut. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vi. 136 We oughte to ryde nowe..while the corne is in the eere. 1611 Bible (King James) Exod. ix. 31 Barley was in the ear . View more context for this quotation a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 55 The Barley anticipating the Wheat,..might be in Ear in February. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 385 My wheat was putting out into ear when I sent weeders to weed it. 1776 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 282 The summers are often so unkindly, that their wheat is blighted while in ear. 1841 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2 i. 141 Both crops came into ear at the same time. 1884 W. Michell Gospel Story (ed. 2) I. v. 297 It was only when the wheat was in the ear that the servants perceived the mischief that had been done. 1996 M. Ealey tr. A. Yoshimura Shipwrecks 9 When the eulalia grass came into ear. 1996 S. Laizer Martyrs, Traitors & Patriots iii. 35 The wheat was in ear, but many harvesters were still inoperative. < as lemmas |
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