英语词汇“at a person's feet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. In prepositional phrases referring to a (literal or figurative) position low on the ground close to a person's foot or feet, and indicating an attitude of supplication, homage, subjection, discipleship, etc., as at a person's feet, before a person's feet, to a person's feet, etc. See also under (also beneath) the foot (or feet) of at Phrases 1b(a).

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the world > space > relative position > low position > [phrase] > low on the ground close to a person

at a person's feetOE

society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > submission > in attitude of submission [phrase]

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OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxii. 363 Ða geleaffullan brohton heora feoh & ledon hit æt þæra apostola foton.

OE tr. Apollonius of Tyre (1958) xxii. 34 Ðæt mæden þa feol to hyre fæder fotum and cwæð: ‘Ðu arfæsta fæder, gehyr [etc.].’

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 145 Cnyle ðar niðer to-foren hise fet.

c1330 Sir Orfeo (Auch.) (1966) l. 441 Al þat in þe palays were Com..& liggeþ adoun to his fete.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxii. 3 A man Jew..norischid forsoth in this citee bisydis the feet of Gamaliel.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9599 Be-for þe king fote sco stode.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxvi. 550 He cast hymself to the fete of hym.

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Eii I shall flappe hym as a fole to fall at my fete.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Abijcio Abiicere se alteri ad pedes..to prostrate him self at ones feete in way of intreatie.

1582 T. Bentley Fift Lampe Virginitie 204 O God..we cast our selues downe before the feet of thy maiestie.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. i. 83 I would my daughter were dead at my foote .

1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 448 So much awknesse and unwillingnesse to come to Gods foot.

1699 J. Stevens tr. J. de Mariana Gen. Hist. Spain iv. 529 The King came to Tortoles and the Queen falling at his Feet, he knelt down to take her up.

1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. Ded. p. iii To lay this treatise at your lordship's feet.

1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiii. 28 The bloody Hector stretch'd before thy Feet.

1819 W. Scott Drama in Encycl. Brit.: Suppl. 4th–6th Eds. III. ii. 660/1 The royal bear-ward..lodged a formal complaint at the feet of her majesty.

1847 Dublin Univ. Mag. Oct. 418/1 No less than ten thousand pilgrims..set off to bow before the feet of Narayun.

1861 A. Trollope Barchester Towers xxvii. 215 It was all very well to have Mr. Slope at her feet.

1895 Bookman Oct. 23/1 The lessons that he had learnt at the feet of Mazarin.

1928 Bee (Danville, Va.) 26 Dec. 2/6 As long as we have prideless women who grovel at the feet of the men who mistreat them, we will have husbands who trample their wives and kick them about.

1943 M. Samuel tr. S. Asch Apostle i. v. 51 Why was it that Israel, the chosen people, lay like a bound sheep at the feet of the nations of the world.

2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Feb. 6/2 I looked up to him with gratitude and deep respect, honoured to sit at the feet of the guru.

单词	at a person's feet
释义	> as lemmas at a person's feet a. In prepositional phrases referring to a (literal or figurative) position low on the ground close to a person's foot or feet, and indicating an attitude of supplication, homage, subjection, discipleship, etc., as at a person's feet, before a person's feet, to a person's feet, etc. See also under (also beneath) the foot (or feet) of at Phrases 1b(a). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [phrase] > low on the ground close to a person at a person's feetOE society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > submission > in attitude of submission [phrase] at a person's feeta1400 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxii. 363 Ða geleaffullan brohton heora feoh & ledon hit æt þæra apostola foton. OE tr. Apollonius of Tyre (1958) xxii. 34 Ðæt mæden þa feol to hyre fæder fotum and cwæð: ‘Ðu arfæsta fæder, gehyr [etc.].’ a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 145 Cnyle ðar niðer to-foren hise fet. c1330 Sir Orfeo (Auch.) (1966) l. 441 Al þat in þe palays were Com..& liggeþ adoun to his fete. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxii. 3 A man Jew..norischid forsoth in this citee bisydis the feet of Gamaliel. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9599 Be-for þe king fote sco stode. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxvi. 550 He cast hymself to the fete of hym. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Eii I shall flappe hym as a fole to fall at my fete. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Abijcio Abiicere se alteri ad pedes..to prostrate him self at ones feete in way of intreatie. 1582 T. Bentley Fift Lampe Virginitie 204 O God..we cast our selues downe before the feet of thy maiestie. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. i. 83 I would my daughter were dead at my foote . View more context for this quotation 1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 448 So much awknesse and unwillingnesse to come to Gods foot. 1699 J. Stevens tr. J. de Mariana Gen. Hist. Spain iv. 529 The King came to Tortoles and the Queen falling at his Feet, he knelt down to take her up. 1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. Ded. p. iii To lay this treatise at your lordship's feet. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiii. 28 The bloody Hector stretch'd before thy Feet. 1819 W. Scott Drama in Encycl. Brit.: Suppl. 4th–6th Eds. III. ii. 660/1 The royal bear-ward..lodged a formal complaint at the feet of her majesty. 1847 Dublin Univ. Mag. Oct. 418/1 No less than ten thousand pilgrims..set off to bow before the feet of Narayun. 1861 A. Trollope Barchester Towers xxvii. 215 It was all very well to have Mr. Slope at her feet. 1895 Bookman Oct. 23/1 The lessons that he had learnt at the feet of Mazarin. 1928 Bee (Danville, Va.) 26 Dec. 2/6 As long as we have prideless women who grovel at the feet of the men who mistreat them, we will have husbands who trample their wives and kick them about. 1943 M. Samuel tr. S. Asch Apostle i. v. 51 Why was it that Israel, the chosen people, lay like a bound sheep at the feet of the nations of the world. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Feb. 6/2 I looked up to him with gratitude and deep respect, honoured to sit at the feet of the guru. extracted from footn.int. < as lemmas
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