| 单词 | in, out of element |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin, out of (one's) element 12. That one of the ‘four elements’ which is the natural abode of any particular class of living beings; said chiefly of air and water. Hence transferred and figurative (a person's) ordinary range of activity, the surroundings in which one feels at home; the appropriate sphere of operation of any agency. Phrases, in, out of (one's) element. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun] > place to which one belongs homeOE element1599 manor1945 1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered viii. 26 You are in for all day..it is your element. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. ii. 163 She workes by Charmes..beyond our Element . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 275 Our torments also may in length of time Become our Elements . View more context for this quotation 1673 W. Temple Observ. United Provinces vi. 222 It seems to be with Trade, as with the Sea (its Element). 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 78 When they came to make Boards..they were quite out of their Element. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1784 II. 542 [Johnson:] The town is my element; there are my friends, there are my books. 1823 C. Lamb Witches in Elia 159 My proper element of prose. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 534 Ferguson was in his element. 1874 F. D. Maurice Friendship Bks. iii. 69 Englishmen were to be taught that..the sea was to be their element. 1891 N.E.D. at Element Mod. Some fishes can live a long time after removal from their element. < as lemmas |
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