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单词 at ease
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at ease
a. at ease, at one's ease, †well at ease: in comfort, without anxiety or annoyance, unconstrained, unembarrassed; formerly also, in comfortable circumstances, well-to-do.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > free from trouble, care, or sorrow [phrase]
at easec1330
at (a) quiet1603
in the sun1604
the mind > possession > wealth > rich or wealthy [phrase] > well off
well at easec1330
of substance?a1439
at rack and (at) mangera1500
in good case1560
well to live1568
well and warmc1571
well to pass in the worlda1609
inlaid1699
in easy circumstancesa1704
well to do in the world1805
stouth and routh1816
quids in1919
the world > action or operation > prosperity > in prosperous condition [phrase] > in easy circumstances > in conditions not involving stress or hardship
in the green treeOE
well at easec1330
c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 1295 Þai..went hem forþ wele at aise Toward þe king þer he lay.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 21 (MED) Þat lond is wel at ese, As long as men lyueþ at ese [c1410 BL Add. in pese].
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 17651 He was gestind ful wele at ais.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13136 All war sett and ete at esse.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiii. l. 42 Of þat men mys-wonne þei made hem wel at ese.
c1484 J. de Caritate tr. Secreta Secret. (Takamiya) (1977) 191 (MED) Þu seyst me walke vppon my feet, hungry and wery, and þu rydyst wele att ese.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 228 He levys at es that frely levys.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxii. 397 Galashin was not all at his ese, ffor he was yet a-monge the horse feet.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 844/1 Well at ease, bien ayse.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Hosea ii. 7 I will go turne agayne to my first huszbonde, for at yt tyme was I better at ease, then now.
1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Dj Nature hath denied some men, health of body, that thei are neuer wel at ease.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxxxij He felte hym selfe skant well at ease.
1669 A. Marvell Let. 16 Mar. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 83 If..you haue giuen us a rule to walke by our discretion will be more at ease.
1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon ii. v. 210 Monied men..amongst whom his Majesty conceiving the Duke of Espernon to be one the most at his ease, etc.
1706 J. Savage tr. R. de Piles Art of Painting 229 By these high Prises Guido found himself, in a little while, very well at ease, and liv'd nobly.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 106. ¶2 I am the more at Ease in Sir Roger's Family, because it consists of sober and staid Persons.
1821 S. Smith Lett. cc An old Aunt has..left me an estate..this puts me a little at my ease.
1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 82 Well-at-ease, hearty, healthy.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §27. 202 We all felt more at ease when a safe footing was secured.
1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xxiv. 564 He felt much more at his ease in the saddle than afoot.
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