| 单词 | the lie of the land |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe lie of the land a. Manner of lying; direction or position in which something lies; direction and amount of slope or inclination. Also figurative the state, position, or aspect (of affairs, etc.). the lie of the land. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > [noun] standing?c1400 situationa1484 setting?1523 disposition?1541 position1556 collocation1605 posture1605 standa1684 lie1697 lay1819 presentation1833 sit1857 gisement1864 orientation1875 the world > the earth > land > landscape > [noun] chorography1617 pedography1625 topography1642 paysage1650 face1673 the lie of the land1697 carte du pays1744 terrain1766 network1839 landscape1886 land form1893 microtopography1941 the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] stallc1000 logh11.. settlea1340 placea1375 steada1387 sitea1398 assizec1400 position?a1425 estal1480 stound1557 planting1585 location1592 positure1600 posture1605 seat1607 situs1629 ubi1630 ubiety1645 locus1648 locality1656 topography1658 whereness1674 lie1697 spot1769 locus standi1809 possie1916 ubicity1922 the world > space > direction > [noun] > direction in which a thing extends journey?a1560 run1671 lie1697 line of bearing1717 trend1777 lay1819 orientation1875 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > state of affairs or situation thingeOE stallc1000 estrec1300 farea1325 arrayc1386 casea1393 costa1400 state of thingsa1500 style?a1505 predicament1586 facta1617 posture1620 picture1661 situation1750 position1829 lie1850 posish1859 state of play1916 the form1934 score1938 sitch1954 1697 Connecticut Hist. Soc. Coll. (1897) VI. 248 Nott to alter the proper lye of the Land. 1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters (ed. 3) I. 398 The general lie and disposition of the boughs. 1849 J. F. W. Johnston Exper. Agric. 101 On what geological formation the land rests—its physical position or lie. 1850 J. H. Newman Lect. Diffic. Anglicans 325 To map out the field of thought..and to ascertain its lie and its characteristics. 1862 A. Trollope N. Amer. II. 2 Washington, from the lie of the land, can hardly have been said to be centrical at any time. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xx. iii. 62 Friedrich understands well enough..from the lie of matters, what his plan will be. 1894 S. Baring-Gould Deserts S. France I. 15 The horizontal lie of the chalk beds. 1894 W. Besant In Deacon's Orders 83 The lie of his hair, his pose [etc.]. 1950 E. H. Gombrich Story of Art 1 To show the newcomer the lie of the land without confusing him with details. 1956 M. Lowry Let. 13 Nov. (1967) 392 If anyone is to blame it is I, for not giving you the lie of the land before. 1966 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka's Domain xi. 123 The quick powers of grasping a situation with which all game are endowed, showed themselves in the speedy summing-up by the leading boar, as he got the lie of the land. < as lemmas |
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