英语词汇“at grass”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. With things which are the objects or centres of special activities, and are more or less put for the activities themselves: at meat = eating; at the bar = acting as a barrister, or as one on trial; at grass = grazing; at the stake, at the wheel, at the plough, etc.; at bat: see bat n.² 3d.

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OE Beowulf 1110 Æt þæm áde wæs eþgesýne swátfáh syrce.

c1220 Hali Meid. 37 Seoð þe cat at the fliche and te hund at te huide.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 285 To be of bold word atte mete.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. vi. 104 And ben his pilgryme atte plow for pore mennes sake.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 283 Forto spende it at the wijn.

1611 Bible (King James) Jer. l. 11 As fat as the heifer at grass.

1773 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1831) III. 91 He must be a great English lawyer, from having been so long at the bar.

1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. vi. 118 And idled away the mornings at billiards.

1880 J. A. Froude Bunyan 4 His father brought him up at his own trade.

b. at grass: (of an animal) that has been put out on grassland; at pasture; grazing. Also figurative.

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?1530 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry (rev. ed.) f. xxxiii It wyll leest appere whan he [sc. the horse] is at grasse.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 402 Let him rest, or run at grasse for a weeke or more.

1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode iii. i. 35 When I have been at grass in the Summer, and am new come up [to town] again.

1753 J. Bartlet Gentleman's Farriery i. 4 Horses, whose feet have been impair'd by quitters..or any other accidents, are also best repaired at grass.

1887 A. Birrell Obiter Dicta 2nd Ser. 64 He had long been an author at grass, and had no mind..again to wear the collar.

2000 Farmers Weekly 18 Feb. 38/1 Maize is re-clamped once cows are settled at grass.

单词	at grass
释义	> as lemmas at grass a. With things which are the objects or centres of special activities, and are more or less put for the activities themselves: at meat = eating; at the bar = acting as a barrister, or as one on trial; at grass = grazing; at the stake, at the wheel, at the plough, etc.; at bat: see bat n.² 3d. ΚΠ OE Beowulf 1110 Æt þæm áde wæs eþgesýne swátfáh syrce. c1220 Hali Meid. 37 Seoð þe cat at the fliche and te hund at te huide. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 285 To be of bold word atte mete. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. vi. 104 And ben his pilgryme atte plow for pore mennes sake. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 283 Forto spende it at the wijn. 1611 Bible (King James) Jer. l. 11 As fat as the heifer at grass. 1773 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1831) III. 91 He must be a great English lawyer, from having been so long at the bar. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. vi. 118 And idled away the mornings at billiards. View more context for this quotation 1880 J. A. Froude Bunyan 4 His father brought him up at his own trade. extracted from atprep. at grass b. at grass: (of an animal) that has been put out on grassland; at pasture; grazing. Also figurative. ΚΠ ?1530 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry (rev. ed.) f. xxxiii It wyll leest appere whan he [sc. the horse] is at grasse. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 402 Let him rest, or run at grasse for a weeke or more. 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode iii. i. 35 When I have been at grass in the Summer, and am new come up [to town] again. 1753 J. Bartlet Gentleman's Farriery i. 4 Horses, whose feet have been impair'd by quitters..or any other accidents, are also best repaired at grass. 1887 A. Birrell Obiter Dicta 2nd Ser. 64 He had long been an author at grass, and had no mind..again to wear the collar. 2000 Farmers Weekly 18 Feb. 38/1 Maize is re-clamped once cows are settled at grass. extracted from grassn.¹ < as lemmas
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