单词 | in room of |
释义 | > as lemmasin room of b. in the room of: in the place of, in lieu of, instead of, a person or thing. Also in room of. Cf. Phrases 4a. extracted from roomn.1int. (a) Indicating substitution of one person for another (in early use with reference to an office or appointment). ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > in place of [preposition] in (the) lieu ofc1290 in the stead ofa1325 stead of14.. in the way ofa1475 in the room of1526 in (the) place of1533 in the roomth of1565 instead1667 vice1770 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. ii. f. iii He herde that Archelaus did raygne in Iury, in the roume off hys father Herode. 1589 W. Wren in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 146 So we placed other men in the roomes of those that wee lost. 1620 Bp. J. Hall Honor Married Clergie i. xxiiii. 130 When the Question was of suffecting Amadeus, Duke of Sauoy, a married man, in the roome of Eugenius. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 1 Sept. (1974) VIII. 412 The Atturny-general is made Chief Justice in the room of my Lord Bridgeman. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 11. ⁋9 Declared Alderman..in the Room of his Brother,..deceased. 1781 M. J. Armstrong Hist. & Antiq. Norfolk X. 210 Mr. Elisha De Hague was chosen town-clerk, in the room of the late Mr. Francis Wright. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) IV. 41 A Spartan named Leon..had taken the command in the room of Pedaritus. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 181 He went in the room of another. 1900 Times 9 Jan. 11/6 The only other business transacted was the admission of Captain Edmund Stanley as City Marshal in the room of Sir Simeon Stuart, resigned. 1945 Times 6 Oct. 6/2 The Princess Royal has appointed Miss Gwynedd Margaret Lloyd to be a Lady in Waiting in the room of the Dowager Lady Lloyd. 1990 A. Burton Cityscapes iv. 45/2 In the room of the sixth poor man and his wife, there shall be one honest poor woman of the said City taken into the Beadhouse. (b) Indicating substitution of one thing for another. Now rare. ΚΠ 1618 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden x. 32 An eye or bud, taken..from one tree, and placed in the roome of another eye or bud. 1668 M. Hale Pref. Rolle's Abridgm. 4 It is much out of use, and new Expedients substituted in roome thereof. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. v. 82 To substitute Judgment in the Room of Sensation. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. iv. 136 You must let me have my old one again, and you may have this in the room on't. View more context for this quotation 1846 R. C. Trench Christ Desire of All Nations i. 19 In the room of shifting cloud-palaces..stands for us a city which hath come down from heaven. 1855 Harper's Mag. July 192/1 Brummell appeared in the Rue St. Jean with a black silk handkerchief in room of his cherished cambric. 1861 F. Hall in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1861 (1862) 30 148 After so much destructive criticism, to have little of instantly helpful truth to substitute in the room of what has been swept away. 1914 Dial. Notes 4 79 I gin you jell in room o' plums. (c) With a verbal noun as complement. With of. Now regional. ΚΠ 1775 J. Greenman Jrnl. 27 Sept. in Diary of Common Soldier (1978) 14 Had to git out and draw our batto over rips and roks in the room of rowing. 1802 E. Parsons Myst. Visit III. 144 In the room of loitering about Paris..I shall have the..pleasure of being..a little useful. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) at Roum Ith roum o comin to me, he went haam. 1861 Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 141/2 Missis would still keep going on with her parties and company, o' rum o' minding her farm and dairy. 1932 G. S. Wasson Sailing Days on Penobscot 46 In room of saltin' down a dollar for a rainy day.., I misdoubted if he didn't go astern [= go into debt] the heft o' the time. < as lemmas |
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