| 单词 | the level |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe level a. Level condition or position: horizontality. Chiefly in phrases: on, upon a level, in a horizontal line or plane; the level, the horizontal; in level, on the ground (cf. Latin in plano). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > ground > [adverb] sideOE on (also at, of, in) lowc1225 agroundc1325 in levela1400 upon shorec1400 at-lowa1500 sidelong1667 à terre1922 the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > [noun] levela1400 straighta1644 horizontality1753 horizontalism1848 horizontalness1869 the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > [noun] evenlinesseOE evennesseOE plainnessc1330 flatnessc1440 level1594 levelness1787 planity1803 planeness1858 planarity1956 the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > in a horizontal line or plane [phrase] on, upon a level1719 in plan1833 a1400–50 Alexander 3261 Now in leuell, now on-loft, now on lawe vndire. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 580/30 Equilibrium, a lewel. 1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 15 in Jewell House Hee commeth to spread it [dung] all ouer the ground, and layeth the same in equall leuill. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 108 File off the rising side of the Punch, which brings the Face to an exact Level. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 59 The rising of the Water brought me a little more upon a Level, and a little after, the Water still rising, my Raft floated again. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. iv. 61 The Current of a River whose Course is more upon a Level. the level b. the level, the earth's surface. rare. ΚΠ 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) ii. 13 ‘Where have you worked all your life?’ ‘Mostly underground Sir, 'till I got married. I come to the level then.’ The Level 6. A level tract of land; a stretch of country approximately horizontal and unbroken by elevations: applied spec. (as a proper name) to certain large expanses of level country, e.g. Bedford Level or the Great Level in the fen district of England; The Levels (formerly The Level), the tract including Hatfield Chase in Yorkshire. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > level place or plain fieldeOE wong971 field landOE woldc1220 flat1296 plainc1325 field placec1384 champaign?a1400 floor?a1400 smeethc1440 plain-land1487 weald1544 champian1589 camp1605 level1623 campaign1628 planure1632 campania1663 esplanade1681 flatland1735 vlakte1785 steppe1837 1623 E. Wynne in R. Whitbourne Disc. New-found-land 109 Our high leuels of land are adorned with Woods. 1642 C. Vermuyden Disc. Drayning Great Fennes 4 The Levell lyeth in sixe Counties. 1661 N. N. (title) A Narrative of all the Proceedings in the Draining of the Great Level of the Fens, Extending into the Counties of Northampton, Lincoln, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, and Huntingdon; and the Isle of Ely. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 253 Such Tombs as we met with at Bonaru Level. 1751 J. Bartram Observ. Trav. from Pensilvania 64 We..crossed a run and rode along a rich level for several miles. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 284 The levels of Hatfield-Chace, in Yorkshire. 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 138/1 Bedford Level..is divided into three parts, which are distinguished as the North, the Middle, and the South Levels. 1841 J. C. Booth Mem. Geol. Surv. Maryland 89 The beautiful tract of land..appropriately called the Levels. 1859 All Year Round 10 Dec. 162 In one level alone, fifteen thousand sheep were drowned. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 222 The great saltbush levels of the interior. the Level Astronomy. the Level, the constellation Norma. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Norma norma1810 the Level1899 1899 R. H. Allen Star-names 293 (heading) Norma et Regula, the Level and Square. 1964 D. H. Menzel Field Guide Stars & Planets iv. 114 Since they are currently recognized groups, I must include them in the list of 88 constellations..Norma (et Regula), the Level (and Ruler). 1976 I. Ridpath Illustr. Encycl. Astron. & Space 143/2 Norma (the level), a small, faint constellation..introduced by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. < as lemmas |
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