单词 | to be stood |
释义 | > as lemmasto be stood g. transitive (in passive). Chiefly British colloquial. to be stood: (equivalent to the progressive, usually in senses 5a(a), 5d) to be continuously in a standing position in a place or while performing an action; to be standing.In the 19th and 20th centuries, regional and nonstandard, but increasingly common since the late 20th century. ΚΠ 1860 Rep. Commissioners Corrupt Practices Gloucester Election 461 in Parl. Papers XXVII. 1 I was stood at the door, smoking a pipe along with a friend I knew from Birmingham. 1884 Proc. Old Bailey 15 Dec. 298 I was stood at the mantelshelf, that is immediately opposite the foot of the bed. 1916 E. C. Booth Fondie ii. ix. 263 Yon's not same handkercher you waved tiv him when you was stood wi' us! 1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 1 Nov. 15/6 Captain Allan Hindmarch had had a goal disallowed because a player was stood in the goal-crease. 1988 G. Patterson Burning your Own (1993) 199 Do you know what he did when he was stood there face to face with the priest, the man who positively identified him? 2003 Independent on Sunday 30 Mar. (Review Suppl.) 14/1 I was stood waiting to get my pay-cheque cashed. < as lemmas |
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