| 单词 | in open field |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (the) open field a. Military. A battlefield allowing unrestricted passage in all directions, as opposed to a situation in which one side is defending a stronghold. Frequently in in (the) open field. Now chiefly historical.Sometimes having the implication that combat fought in the open field is fairer and more honourable. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [noun] fieldeOE place?c1225 fletc1275 champ of battlec1300 champany?a1400 o laundon?a1400 palaestrac1425 battle-stead1487 fighting-stead1487 open fielda1500 spear-field1508 joining-place1513 camp1525 foughten field1569 battleground1588 Aceldama1607 champian?1611 field of honour1611 champaign1614 standing ground1662 fighting-field1676 battlefield1715 a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxxiii. 183 The King..fought often with the enemy in the open field. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Rii Whiles ye armes be fighting together in open feld, they a litle beside not farre of knele vpon their knees. 1645 H. Burkhead Cola's Fvrie v. 51 We need not urge them to an open field for so it might prove dangerous, our men..are..much weakened. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 488 Twice Conquer'd Cowards, now your shame is shown—..Who dare not issue forth in open Field, But hold your Walls before you for a Shield. 1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. II. 498 The senate dispatched their ambassadors to Alarick, desiring him..to give them leave to fight it with him, in the open field. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. xiv. 333 Draw in within the court-yard—they are too many to mell with in the open field. 1896 C. G. D. Roberts Forge in Forest xx. 266 For my own part I liked little this plan of a night attack; for I love a fair defiance and an open field. 1950 O. J. M. Jolles tr. K. von Clausewitz On War viii. 195 Among the ancients everything was arranged with a view to measuring each other's strength in the open field, free from anything in the nature of a hindrance. 2003 Morning Star (Wilmington, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 8 Apr. 1 a In the open field, advancing U.S. forces have engaged in firefights or skirmishes rather than pitched large-unit battles. < as lemmas |
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