| 单词 | lay good wait |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslay good wait a. In phrases. at (the) wait, on the watch. to do, make wait, to keep watch. to have in wait, to have under observation. Also, to lie in great wait, lay good wait (cf. 1), to be carefully on the watch. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)] underseekc897 speerc900 lookeOE askOE seeOE teem witnessc1200 seeka1300 fand13.. inquirec1300 undergoc1315 visit1338 pursuea1382 searcha1382 examinec1384 assay1387 ensearchc1400 vesteyea1425 to have in waitc1440 perpend1447 to bring witnessc1475 vey1512 investigate?1520 recounta1530 to call into (also in) question1534 finger1546 rip1549 sight1556 vestigatea1561 to look into ——1561 require1563 descry?1567 sound1579 question1590 resolve1593 surview1601 undersearch1609 sift1611 disquire1621 indagate1623 inspect1623 pierce1640 shrive1647 in-looka1649 probe1649 incern1656 quaeritate1657 inquisite1674 reconnoitre1740 explore1774 to bring to book1786 look-see1867 scrutate1882 to shake down1915 sleuth1939 screen1942 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > be vigilant or on one's guard [verb (intransitive)] watcha1225 warea1325 bewarea1400 keepc1400 waitc1400 lay good waitc1440 to lie in great waitc1440 to look out?1553 to look about1599 awake1602 advigilate1623 to keep an eye open1651 perdue1656 to look sharp1680 waken1682 tout1699 to keep a sharp look-out1827 to keep one's weather-eye open1829 to keep (also have) an eye out1833 to keep one's eyes peeled1844 to watch out1845 to skin one's eyes1851 to have (also keep) one's eye on the ball1937 to watch one's back1949 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > keep watch [verb (intransitive)] wait1338 to do, make waitc1440 to lay watch?a1475 invigilate1553 advigilate1623 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > [phrase] at (the) waitc1440 c1440 Partenope (B.M. MS.) 6745 His ffrendes had hym so in watte..That his purpose myght not be Atte Bleys parfouremed. c1460 in Archaeologia 29 339 Þe Fisshe drewe nere vnto þe bayte; Nede haþe no lawe,..þe Egle þerto euer layde goode wayte. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 379 A suttell knycht tharat had gret despyt, Folowyt at wait. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aiv Her sobre temperaunce..wherin she lay in as grete wayte of herself as ony persone myght. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 229 And in thir termis can thai say: ‘Do wait and lat him nocht away’. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. xiv. 83 Quhen as ane Aruns, by hys mortal fait Onto myschewos deid predestinate, Circulis at the wayt. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxli. 144/2 The moost parte of the state of the prince..was well knowen with the kynges there about..for they layed great wayte to knowe it. c1528 Everyman (1961) 334 I haue a grete enemy that hath me in wayte Whiche entendeth me for to hynder. 1535 King Henry VIII in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. liv. 141 That they..do make & cause to be made diligent search, wait & espyal, whether the said Bps. & Clergy do..execute..their said charge. < as lemmas |
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