| 单词 | out of position |
| 释义 | > as lemmasout of position a. The place in which a person, thing, etc., is located or has been put; situation, site, station. in (also into) position: in (also into) its, his, or her proper, appropriate, or correct place; also conversely out of position. Cf. pole n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] stallc1000 logh11.. settlea1340 placea1375 steada1387 sitea1398 assizec1400 position?a1425 estal1480 stound1557 planting1585 location1592 positure1600 posture1605 seat1607 situs1629 ubi1630 ubiety1645 locus1648 locality1656 topography1658 whereness1674 lie1697 spot1769 locus standi1809 possie1916 ubicity1922 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 7 Þu knowyng þe nature of euery particler & also þe posicions [?a1425 Hunterian pocicioun; L. positiones] & plasmacions which þai haue in al þe body..þu shalt redely knowe if a nerue be kut. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 67 Thre thynges ar to be aduertisede..abowte the knowlege of Paradise... In the secunde, his is inquirede as vn to the posicion of hyt, where hit is. ?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Hiij, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens Yf ye knowe parfytely the posycyon, & fygure of all the bladder. 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 1 A poynt is materiall, and requireth position and place. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xiii. 77 That our Idea of Place, is nothing else, but such a relative Position of any thing, as I have before mentioned. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) The Respect of a Planet in Astrological Figure, to other Planets and Parts of the Figure, is called his Position. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) A line is said to be given in position..when its Situation, Bearing, or Direction, with regard to some other Line, is given. 1774 M. Mackenzie Treat. Maritim Surv. 25 Having the Distance and Position of two Points A and B. 1840 D. Lardner Treat. Geom. 20 The apparent position of an object is a term used in science to express the position of the object so far as it can be determined by the sight. 1874 J. D. Heath Compl. Croquet-player 15 To Position.—An abbreviation for ‘to place in position’,..‘to place a ball in a proper position to make its next point in order’. 1901 G. W. James Indian Basketry iii. 24 He succeeded in killing the monster and its mate but was unable to get down from his perilous position. 1923 Daily Mail 28 Mar. 9 She lacks courtcraft, and is frequently out of position. 1968 Jrnl. Pediatrics 73 903/1 The operator uses his left index finger to..maintain the catheter in position during resuscitation. 2001 Pract. Householder Aug. 14/3 Trying to keep a large piece of board raised while fixing it into position is a two-handed job. < as lemmas |
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