| 单词 | standing ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstanding ground standing ground n. (a) ground upon which a person or thing may securely stand (chiefly figurative); (b) ground upon which a contest may be fought or a stand may be made (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [noun] fieldeOE place?c1225 fletc1275 champ of battlec1300 champany?a1400 o laundon?a1400 palaestrac1425 battle-stead1487 fighting-stead1487 open fielda1500 spear-field1508 joining-place1513 camp1525 foughten field1569 battleground1588 Aceldama1607 champian?1611 field of honour1611 champaign1614 standing ground1662 fighting-field1676 battlefield1715 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [noun] > fixing, establishing > basis of standing ground1662 on the sure side1668 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > place where contest is fought out > ground on which contest may be fought battleground1809 standing ground1866 1662 M. Mead Εν ολιγω Χριστιανος 243 Conversion ground is standing ground, it is terra firma, but a graceless profession of Religion is slippery ground, and falling ground. 1848 W. H. Mill Five Serm. ii. 51 In opposing them we shall proceed..on that firm standing-ground which all our truly great Divines have marked out, of adherence to the principles of the Ancient Church. 1864 T. H. Huxley Lect. Compar. Anat. vi. 87 Only those [systems of classification] published..since our knowledge of the anatomy of these animals has approached completeness, have now any scientific standing-ground. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. vii. 193 How villainous for men on foot, not only to face knights, but to bring them down to their own standing ground by basely cutting off their horses' heads! 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. iv. 60 The concessions..had given the invaders a standing-ground. 1895 Educat. Rev. Sept. 120 It offers us a sure standing-ground for our educational theory. 1997 Times 5 Apr. (Weekend section) 5/1 Fork-lifts and heavy machinery are required both to move the trees to their standing ground and also to install them at planting time. 2018 O. C. Hood Army of Tennessee in Retreat 3 The engagements..were not fought as pitched battles of two opposing forces facing each other over standing ground. < as lemmas |
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