单词 | not far, not long, to seek |
释义 | > as lemmasnot far, †not long, to seek b. With negative: Not needing to be sought or looked for, not hard to find, not absent or wanting. Also not far, †not long, to seek. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > present [phrase] > not absent not far, not long, to seek1390 not to seek1569 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 160 My sorwe is thanne noght to seche. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 236 Whan Deianyre hath herd this speche, Ther was no sorwe forto seche. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 784 Oure conseil was nat longe for to seche. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 238 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 102 All se fowle and seid fowle was nocht for to seike. 1568 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 26 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 262 The four ordoris wer not for to seik Thay wer all in þis toun dwelling. 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxxxiv. 102 The extreme answer, for which examples are not to seek. 1876 W. H. Pollock in Contemp. Rev. June 57 The reason is not far to seek. 1993 Isis 84 247 The reason Owen made an about-face, and involved himself in the Platonization of his archetype, is not far to seek. < as lemmas |
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