单词 | safe-conduct |
释义 | safe-conductv. transitive. To lead or conduct (a person or group) safely through an area, ensuring immunity from harm or arrest.It is possible that some quots. (e.g. quot. 1718) illustrate the adverbial use of safe with the verb conduct. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > make safe or secure [verb (transitive)] > assure (a person) of safety > send or conduct in safety safe-conduct1567 safeguard1595 safea1616 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Diijv If he maye be safeconducted And welcum to thy grace. 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. A6v Bearing his priuie signet and his hand: To safe conduct vs thorow Affrica. a1600 ( Rec. Bluemantle Pursuivant (Julius) in C. L. Kingsford Eng. Hist. Lit. 15th Cent. (1913) 384 They of ye kinges counsell..ordeined for hym iij or iiij shepes well furnesshed wt men of warre to saveconduicte hym into England. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne vi. xiii. 96 This Sword (I trust) shall well safeconduct mee. 1656 Duchess of Newcastle Natures Pictures 43 She spends her time, to Heaven-high doth pray, That Gods would bless, and safe conduct his way. 1718 Good Spirit of Martyrs Revived (ed. 2) iii. 108 [Martin Luther] did appear; who according to a promise made by the Emperour, was safe conducted thither, and home again. 1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio I. 100 To be safe conducted, I must be transported in my cage, with my..keeper, to supply my wants. 1893 G. Campbell Mem. Indian Career I. vi. 269 I made him throw away any arms he still had, safe-conducted him to the nearest field, and we parted excellent friends. 1905 A. R. H. Moncrieff Schoolboy Abroad 269 Even though safe-conducted by his father, the boy could hardly look this monster in the face. 2002 J. DeVita Three Musketeers xxxiii. 131 At present, she is being safe-conducted to Bethune. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1567 |
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