| 单词 | place of refuge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplace (etc.) of refuge b. of refuge: affording or intended for shelter or protection, as in place (etc.) of refuge. See also city of refuge (also†refute) n. at city n. Phrases 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > a place of refuge havenc1225 infleeinga1300 leinda1300 harbourc1300 reseta1325 harbouryc1325 refutec1350 asylec1384 receipta1393 refugec1405 port salut?1407 recept1423 porta1425 receptaclec1425 place (etc.) of refuge?a1439 retreat1481 port haven1509 stelling-place1513 refugie1515 retraict1550 safe haven1555 havening place1563 sanctuarya1568 safe harbour1569 sheepfold1579 subterfuge1593 arka1616 lopeholt1616 latebra1626 asylum1642 creep-hole1646 harbourage1651 reverticle1656 creeping-hole1665 a port in a (also the) storm1714 receptory1856 padded cell1876 funk-hole1900 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. 4174 This Asilum..Was a place off refuge and socours. 1482 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden i. xv. 29 Sychem..was a Cyte of refuge and of socoure. 1521 Earl of Surrey in J. S. Brewer & W. Bullen Cal. Carew MSS. (1867) I. 20 This is the very land of refuge that English pirates resort most unto. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xlixv The rest..shall be banisshed to haue no place of refuge. 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 3 b Swords..have been in all ages..the last weapon of refuge both for horsemen, and footmen. 1605 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) II. 464 Ane saiftie and place of refudge to all. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. iv. 115 All the cities of refuge on this side Jordan were advantaged on very high foundations. 1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Grithstole (i.e. Seat of Peace), a Sanctuary, or place of Refuge for Malefactors. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 50/2 The cities of refuge were required to be well supplied with water and necessary provisions. 1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. 7 He [sc. Romulus] set apart a place of refuge, to which any man might flee, and be safe from his pursuers. 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters i. 9 Next morning the wind-bound vessels were crowding the harbour of refuge as before. 1867 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland Pref. p. v The geographical position of Britain has, from the earliest times, rendered it a country of refuge. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 306/1 Ship and cargo may be in peril, and it may be necessary for the safety of both to put into a port of refuge. 1947 Science 26 Sept. 300/2 Rhesus monkeys, after a little experience with the cage, react to it almost as though it were a haven of refuge. 1989 D. Byrne Beyond Inner City (BNC) 41 The Tyne Improvement Commission..building the largest harbour on the east coast and the only harbour of refuge accessible in all weather and tide conditions. 2002 Wall St. Jrnl. 11 Mar. r6 (caption) Fireproof, bombproof rooms can be created, spaced through a multistory building to provide areas of refuge during a fire or threat of attack. < as lemmas |
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