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单词 stander-by
释义

stander-byn.

Brit. /ˌstandəˈbʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌstændərˈbaɪ/
Inflections: Plural standers-by.
Forms:

α. see stander n. and by adv.

β. 1700s standard-by.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: stander n., by adv.
Etymology: < stander n. + by adv., after to stand by at stand v. Phrasal verbs 1. Compare bystander n. With sense 2 compare also to stand by —— at stand v. Phrasal verbs 2.In the β. forms probably confused with standard n. (in writing).
1.
a. A person who is present when something is happening but is not involved; a bystander. Now rare.
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1534 Prymer in Eng. sig H.vij And then some of the standers by hearynge this, sayde. This man calleth Helias, and some sayde holde your peace, let vs se whether Helias shall come & delyuer hym.
1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 9v Thys kynde of breakynge is mooste perilouse for the standers by.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 207 Riuers and Dorset you were standers by..when my sonne Was stabd.
1659 H. Neville Shufling, Cutting, & Dealing 4 I shall be a kind of stander-by this time.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 26. ⁋8 If a Stander-by sees one at Play cheat, he has Right to come in for Shares.
1771 Act 11 Geo. III c. 45 §29 In Default of a sufficient Number of Persons so impannelled, the said Sheriff shall return other honest and indifferent Men of the Standers-by.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 278 From off the poplar-block white chips would fly 'Neath some deft hand, watched of the standers-by.
2019 MailOnline (Nexis) 9 Mar. A stander-by filmed the clash between bird and the sea creature.
b. In proverbs and proverbial phrases. Obsolete.
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1613 N. Breton Vncasing Machiuils Instr. 18 Standers by discerne more then gamsters can.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 410 It is commonly said that a stander-by sees more of the game than he that plays.
2. Nautical. A gunner's assistant. Obsolete.Cf. to stand by 4a at stand v. Phrasal verbs 1 and to stand by —— 1c at stand v. Phrasal verbs 2.
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1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xii. 69 Standers by, or Matrosses.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xii. 72 The standers by raise the Britch with Crows.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. vii. xxx. 44 Let a stander by stop on the Glass a Thred.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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