单词 | pernoctate |
释义 | pernoctatev. rare before 20th cent. intransitive. To stay all night; to pass the night (esp. in prayer). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (intransitive)] > overnight liec1330 nighta1400 pausec1450 pernoctate1623 to stay over1884 overnight1891 sleep1975 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Pernoctate, to tarry all night. 1898 Eng. Hist. Rev. 13 572 Spanish subjects of the [Aragonese] king married to Sardinian women were not allowed to pernoctate. 1923 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 250/1 Families of Oriental pilgrims, pernoctating within the Church, will squat down in front of the Tomb of Christ. 1924 J. C. Ransom Chills & Fever 94 I pernoctated with the Oxford students once. 1975 Wadham Coll. Gaz. 1 i. 6 The first [woman] to pernoctate as a member of the college came from Kingston, Ontario, to read law. 1992 Roll Call (Nexis) 3 Feb. Moths buzzing about a light bulb as Gov. Clinton pernoctates with the telephone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1623 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。