| 单词 | at vie |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat (a) vie b. In prepositional phrases, as at (a) vie, at the vies, in vie (of), on vie. Cf. a-vie adv. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > in competition or rivalry [phrase] at (a) vie1591 in vie (of)1591 on vie1591 by strifes1630 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xxxix. xiv. 327 They wast the fields, and seeme on vye to runne, By which of them most damage may be donne. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxxix. 125 Philip..having heard great Allexander his sonne sing at a feast in vie of the best Musitians. 1626 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. in Wks. (Grosart) IV. 231 The Empresse at the Vies with her Councell, resolues to send ouer her brother into Normandie. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xlv. 264 It was worth him above ten thousand Duckats, wherewith the Lords rewarded him as it were in vye of one another in recompence of the good service he did. 1674 Govt. Tongue vi. §12. 127 However as to this particular of defaming, both the sexes seem to be at a vie. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew at Taudry They..Bedeckt the Shrines and Altars of the Saints, as being at vye with each other upon that occasion. < as lemmas |
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