| 单词 | to bring or put to a stand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bring or put (a person or animal) to a stand a. A state of checked or arrested movement; a standstill. Chiefly in to be at a stand, to come to a stand, to bring or put (a person or animal) to a stand. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state of cessation of movement standinga1398 stay1525 stand1584 consistence1598 still-stand1600 station1603 standstilla1646 dead lock1781 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. i. f. 61 Bearing to that coast where the sunne is at a stand in winter. 1623 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden (ed. 2) vii. 20 At the fal of the leafe..about that time is ye greatest stand (but not descent) of sap. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 10 The Winds shrank upon us from off the Coast of Ginea..and had left us at a stand. 1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. I. iv.* 139 Nor could he ever be persuaded to believe..that at the first pass he came to, his whole army would be put to a stand. 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xvii. 310 We were..brought to a stand on this very plain by severe fever. 2019 @LNER 18 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 19 Sept. 2019) The 09:30 #KingsCross to #Edinburgh has come to a stand with a train fault. < as lemmas |
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