| 单词 | on bended knees |
| 释义 | > as lemmason bended knees = bent adj. (in various senses). Chiefly in on bended knees, etc.The original past participle of bend v., superseded in Middle English by bend, bent, but used again, from 14th cent. onwards, as a longer form. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective] crooked?c1225 roundc1300 ybentc1330 bentc1374 cambera1387 curvate?a1425 curve?a1425 curved?a1425 bowingc1440 crumped1480 bowed1483 bended1495 bowlanda1522 compass?1523 curbed?1541 compassed1551 compassing1576 curvated1598 orbed1598 curving1609 ridgill-backed1611 incurved1623 inflected1646 incurvate1647 curvous1661 incurvated1665 swayed1688 bending1697 circumflex1707 curval1730 sweeping1772 bendy1800 curvatureda1810 curvative1846 hooped1852 swept1903 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. iii. sig. Zi/2 Kynde geuyth hym [sc. the Ramme] grete hornes and ryght harde..And ben crokyd & bended [a1398 BL Add. ybent] as a rounde shell. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. 0. 18 His bruised Helmet, and his bended Sword. View more context for this quotation 1660 T. Blount Boscobel 55 And now, on my bended knees, let me joyfully congratulate His restored Majesty. ?1790 J. Imison School of Arts (ed. 2) 73 Fix the bended glass-pipe C air-tight into the bottle D. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake v. 202 Bonnets and spears and bended bows. 1837 F. Palgrave Merchant & Friar (1844) iv. 176 ‘Gracious Sovereign,’ replied the Chancellor, dropping off the Woolsack upon his bended knees. < as lemmas |
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