单词 | palace gate |
释义 | palace gaten. A gate of a palace. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > opening which may be passed through > gate or gateway > of a palace palace gatec1390 c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 280 Þe kyng made blowe..Bifore his Broþur paleis ȝate. c1450 (c1385) G. Chaucer Complaint of Mars 82 Phebus..was comen hastely Within the paleys yates. a1500 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Chetham) l. 306 He ranne hym forth at the ȝate, Till he come to the paleyse gate. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 468 Of elephantis tethe were the palace gatis. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 505 A Kingly Palace Gate With Frontispice of Diamond and Gold Imbellisht. View more context for this quotation 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 140 On hides of Beeves, before the palace gate,..the Suitors sate. 1843 H. Downton in Church of Eng. Mag. 7 Jan. 15/2 Within thy palace-gate We shall praise, on golden strings, Thee, the only Potentate. 1904 L. F. Baum Wonderful Wizard of Oz xx. 246 The Army of Glinda the Good..assembled at daybreak before the palace gates. 2001 Independent 18 July ii. 5/1 Four years ago we were all laying flowers at the palace gates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1390 |
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