| 单词 | near and near |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnear and near b. near and near: nearer and nearer. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > nearer > nearer and nearer near and nearOE the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [adverb] > near (expressing motion) > nearer nearOE near and nearOE OE Seven Sleepers (Julius) (1994) 45 And æfre swa hi near and near eodon, hi fundon ælcne stan on oðerne befegedne. c1300 St. Michael (Laud) 380 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 310 (MED) He wole him bringue euere ner ant ner In deoppore suneguyngue, Atenende In-to þe putte of helle. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 350 Þe knyȝt him neȝeþ ner & ner. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 384 With the staf she drow ay ner and ner And wende han hit this Aleyn atte fulle. a1425 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Linc. Inn) (1952) 595 He schal wemde of londe feor Grete and come neor and neor. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 265 As they com nere and nere sir Launcelot thought he sholde know hym. c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 45 Then the rest fled, and the Scottis drew neir and neir. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxiii. 313 Still creeping neare and neare the heape. c1829 Lord Thomas & Fair Annet in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1885) II. iii. No. 73. f. 37 And ay at every year's ane They grew them near and near. < as lemmas |
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