| 单词 | the ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalong (also on, to) the ground a. The earth regarded as the surface upon which man and his surroundings naturally rest or move; frequently in prepositional phrases, as along (also on, to) the ground (†formerly also without the article), above (also under) ground. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > ground > [noun] ground971 earthOE fleta1000 foldOE landOE floor?a1400 soila1400 margin?a1425 yird1433 sulye1434 swardc1440 leaa1475 paithmentc1480 visagea1500 crust1555 mother earth1568 solum1829 carpet1918 deck1925 dutty1925 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > downwards [phrase] > to or towards the ground along (also on, to) the ground971 to the groundward1562 the world > space > relative position > low position > [adverb] > under > under the ground underground1598 above (also under) grounda1604 subterraneous1712 subterraneously1764 subterraneanly1859 971 Blickl. Hom. 221 Ða eodan hie eft to ðæm tune, & þæt gild gebræcan & gefyldan eal oþ grund. OE Beowulf 2294 Hordweard sohte georne æfter grunde, wolde guman findan. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9285 Illc an treo þatt..Ne bereþþ nohht god wasstme Shall bi þe grund beon hæwenn upp. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 2768 Wat is binuþe þe gronde, þat makeþ þat þe fondement ne stont none stounde. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2640 Ðe child it warp dun to de [read ðe] grund. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 246 Ase þet trau þet is ykarked mid frut, þe more hit bouȝ to þe grunde. c1386 G. Chaucer Prioress's Tale 223 He fil al plat vp on the grounde. c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 8738 Oon gaf him on the ere Such a clap with his fist That he thoo the ground kyst. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 10 In Aperill, quhen cleithit is..The abill ground be wyrking off natur. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 29 On the fertill skyrt lappis of the ground. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. June 6 The simple ayre, the gentle warbling wynde..The grassye ground with daintye Daysies dight. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xii. sig. Oo6 To ground He fell halfe dead. a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 86 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) If any be much under grownd, the dampnesse of the earth takes away their lively colour. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 43 Were the City again in the hands of the Moors, or even with the Ground, it were better for us. 1772 G. White Let. 12 Apr. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 149 After I left Sussex the tortoise retired into the ground under the hepatica. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 61 He looked on the ground while he answered her. 1888 J. McCarthy & R. C. Praed Ladies' Gallery II. xi. 214 He stumbled..and I came to the ground with him. the (also his, etc.) ground b. Cricket. (a) The space on which the game is played; (b) the space within which a player may lawfully stand while taking a particular part in the game; the (also his, etc.) ground, (of a batter) = the ground behind the popping-crease; (c) the paid staff of players attached to a club (also ground-staff). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricket ground > [noun] ground1718 cricket ground1745 cricket field1760 field1816 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricket ground > [noun] > place where player may stand ground1775 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > paid staff of players the (also his, etc.) ground1850 ground-staff1880 1718 Weekly Jrnl. 6 Sept. Three of their Men made an Elopement, and got off the Ground without going in. 1733 London Evening-post 20 Sept. There will be a Line around the Ground as usual, within which none but the Gamesters are to be admitted. 1775 New Articles Game of Cricket 4 The Strikers need not keep within their Ground till the Umpire has called Play. 1795 S. Britcher Compl. List Grand Matches Cricket 34 This rule is not meant..to prevent the Bowler from filling up holes, watering his ground, or using sawdust, &c., when the ground is wet. 1850 ‘Bat’ Cricketer's Man. (rev. ed.) 78 The..players of ‘the Ground’..act in the..capacity of..umpire. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. viii. 388 He is never in his ground, except when his wicket is down. 1880 James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Ann. ii. i. 49 The ground staff for 1879 at Lord's consisted of [the twenty-two professional players named]. 1882 Daily Tel. 27 May His colleague driving the ball into his wicket whilst he was just out of the ground. 1894 Times 23 Mar. 10/2 There are various additions to the ground staff... The list of ‘the ground’ is now as follows. 1955 T. H. Pear Eng. Social Differences xi. 260 Boys of outstanding promise [at cricket] can receive coaching if they take jobs on a club ground-staff. < as lemmas |
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