单词 | on a level with |
释义 | > as lemmason a (or †the) level with a. Position as marked by a horizontal line; an imaginary line or plane perpendicular to the plumb-line, considered as determining the position of one or more points or surfaces. on a (or †the) level with: in the same horizontal plane as. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > [noun] > position as marked by horizontal line level1535 1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 18 Suche groundes as lye within the leuell of the said water marke. a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) ix. 152 At least twenty foot in direct height from the level whereon they stand. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 367 A Stage is made above the Water, on a Level with the Side of the Boat. 1717 tr. A. F. Frézier Voy. South-Sea 93 Two natural Ditches..sunk down almost to the Level of the Sea. 1717 tr. A. F. Frézier Voy. South-Sea 313 The Rampart behind it is generally upon the Level with Earth~work. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 190 It has been said, that all fluids endeavour to preserve their level; and..that a body pressing on the surface, tended to destroy that level. 1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. i, in Lamia & Other Poems 148 To the level of his ear Leaning with parted lips, some words she spake. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xv. 99 The line which marks the level of the ancient ice. 1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight viii. 116 Light coming from below the level of the head is worse than useless. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. iv. 170 The level of the lake will continue to fall. < as lemmas |
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