| 单词 | on one's keeping |
| 释义 | > as lemmason (at, of, upon) one's keeping b. Guard, defence. on (at, of, upon) one's keeping, on one's guard. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > [noun] weringa1300 warrantise?a1400 keepinga1425 defension?a1439 defendancec1450 werea1878 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] holda1100 witiing13.. keepinga1425 ampare1587 guard1596 warding1633 advigilation1663 watch-care1845 wardening1962 watchdogging1962 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > vigilant or on one's guard [phrase] on warec893 on (also upon) one's guard1574 on (at, of, upon) one's keeping1590 on, upon (the) watch1719 on (also upon) the qui vive1726 on the alert1795 on one's toes1921 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Jer. li. 12 Encreese ȝe kepyng, reise ȝe keperis. c1425 Eng. Conq. Irel. 52 Amorow þay lefte good kypynge yn the syte. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxxxix. 167 Than she..sette good kepyng ouer them. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. K7 Henceforth bee it your keeping well. a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 139 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) More upon their keeping, to prevent treachery. 1668 Ormonde MSS in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 71 Some actions..put your petitioner on his keeping. 1898 Kath. Tynan in Westm. Gaz. 12 Oct. 1/3 He was already, as they say in Ireland, ‘on his keeping’; that is to say, a hunted man. < as lemmas |
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