| 单词 | to be flanked by or with |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be flanked by or with a. To take up or be posted in a position at the flank of; to be placed or situated on either side of. Also passive, to be flanked by or with: to have situated or stationed on the flanks or sides. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > side [verb (transitive)] > have on the sides to be flanked by or with1651 the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > side [verb (transitive)] > be in or take up position at the side of cheeka1552 side1600 flank1779 1651 W. Davenant Gondibert iii. ii. xvi Prostrate Meads, With Forrests flanck'd, where shade to darkness grew. a1748 C. Pitt Ep. to Mr. Spence 34 Where stately colonades are flank'd with trees. 1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France (1789) I. xxiv. 188 A well made road..flanked on each side by very high hills. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xv. 129 These viands being flanked by a bottle of spirits and a pot of porter. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. iii. 23 High mountains flanked us on either side. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe iv. 231 A mountain, flanked by real precipices. < as lemmas |
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