单词 | in nature of |
释义 | > as lemmasin nature of ΚΠ c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) 110 (MED) Euery creature..Was in natur of þe fyrst man, Adame, Off hym takynge þe fylthe of synne orygynall. a1525 Bk. Chess l. 2168 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 151 He gois blak in natur of ye quene. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 205 Religion being vsed mostwhat contemplatiue, and in nature of opinion. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor ii. iv. 225 The Heriot was, what the Eorle or Thane paid his Lord..in nature of a Relief. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 170 Drawes those heauen-mouing pearles fro his poor eies, Which heauen shall take in nature of a fee. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 497 A Maid, living..with her Sisters, to whom she was in nature of a Servant. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 306 The Water..forces it self in nature of a Syphon up to the highest Clifts. 1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. at Nature This writ is in nature of a procedendo. < as lemmas |
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