英语词汇“to bear low sail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†a. to bear sail: said literally of a ship; hence figurative to be exalted, to be prosperous, also to bear a great, high or lofty sail. to bear (a) low sail, to be of low sail: to demean oneself humbly; to live at a modest rate; to cut down expenses. to live at a low sail: to live humbly. to pull down one's sail or sails: to moderate one's ambitions or one's scale of expenditure. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > be humble [verb (intransitive)]

lowc1175

to be of low sail1390

peep1736

to sing small1738

the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > be sparing or frugal [verb (intransitive)]

spelec1175

spare1377

to bear (a) low sail1548

to go near hand1592

to live at a low sail1602

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > behave with moderation or restraint [verb (intransitive)] > become moderate

to draw in (also shrink, pluck, pull in) one's hornsa1400

to pull down one's sail or sails1548

sober1820

sober1825

the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)]

theec888

i-thee971

bloomc1175

flower?c1225

soundfula1300

fructifya1325

timea1325

to bear the bloom1330

flourisha1340

prosperc1350

thrive?a1366

blossom1377

cheve1377

burgeona1382

likec1400

upthrivec1440

avail1523

fadge1573

to bear a great, high or lofty sail1587

blow1610

to be (also stand) in state1638

fatten1638

sagaciate1832

to be going strong1855

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 65 Bot whanne he berth lowest the Seil, Thanne is he swiftest to beguile The womman.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 12353 Þa oþer leonis..wiþ þaire heued þai bare lagh saile.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxl Whiche maie by pinchyng and bearyng a lowe saile, waxe riche and be set at libertie.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. 18 I was utterly mynded to pulle downe my sayles againe.

1549 T. Solme in H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie To Rdr. sig. Avi Pul downe thy sayle. Saye downe proud hert.

1573 T. Tusser Points Huswifrie (new ed.) f. 29^v, in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) Then wayes I sought, by wisedome tought, To beare low sayle [1577 saile], least stock should quayle.

1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. v. 164/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I How diuerse of them also coueting to beare an high saile doo insinuate themselues with yoong gentlemen and noble men newlie come to their lands.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1592/1 If the helpe of such as are furnished with varietie of knowledge,..had beene as forward to aduance this worke,..as some of low saile, willing to laie out their poore talent, haue affoorded what furtherance they were able [etc.].

1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. i. sig. B2 Moderate your expences (now at first) As you may keepe the same proportion still. Beare a low saile.

1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iv. iii. 1941 Schollers must frame to liue at a low sayle.

1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xix. xxi. 780 If learning had many such friends as he, it would beare an higher sayle then it doth.

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 211 They drew in their Mooned and crescent Squadrons into the Body of the Fleet, and that one might not go before another, bore less Sayl.

1733 Oxf. Methodists 6 Be not high-minded; but fear... Bear no more Sail than is necessary.

单词	to bear low sail
释义	> as lemmas to bear (a) low sail †a. to bear sail: said literally of a ship; hence figurative to be exalted, to be prosperous, also to bear a great, high or lofty sail. to bear (a) low sail, to be of low sail: to demean oneself humbly; to live at a modest rate; to cut down expenses. to live at a low sail: to live humbly. to pull down one's sail or sails: to moderate one's ambitions or one's scale of expenditure. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > be humble [verb (intransitive)] lowc1175 to be of low sail1390 peep1736 to sing small1738 the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > be sparing or frugal [verb (intransitive)] spelec1175 spare1377 to bear (a) low sail1548 to go near hand1592 to live at a low sail1602 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > behave with moderation or restraint [verb (intransitive)] > become moderate to draw in (also shrink, pluck, pull in) one's hornsa1400 to pull down one's sail or sails1548 sober1820 sober1825 the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] theec888 i-thee971 bloomc1175 flower?c1225 soundfula1300 fructifya1325 timea1325 to bear the bloom1330 flourisha1340 prosperc1350 thrive?a1366 blossom1377 cheve1377 burgeona1382 likec1400 upthrivec1440 avail1523 fadge1573 to bear a great, high or lofty sail1587 blow1610 to be (also stand) in state1638 fatten1638 sagaciate1832 to be going strong1855 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 65 Bot whanne he berth lowest the Seil, Thanne is he swiftest to beguile The womman. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 12353 Þa oþer leonis..wiþ þaire heued þai bare lagh saile. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxl Whiche maie by pinchyng and bearyng a lowe saile, waxe riche and be set at libertie. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. 18 I was utterly mynded to pulle downe my sayles againe. 1549 T. Solme in H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie To Rdr. sig. Avi Pul downe thy sayle. Saye downe proud hert. 1573 T. Tusser Points Huswifrie (new ed.) f. 29^v, in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) Then wayes I sought, by wisedome tought, To beare low sayle [1577 saile], least stock should quayle. 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. v. 164/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I How diuerse of them also coueting to beare an high saile doo insinuate themselues with yoong gentlemen and noble men newlie come to their lands. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1592/1 If the helpe of such as are furnished with varietie of knowledge,..had beene as forward to aduance this worke,..as some of low saile, willing to laie out their poore talent, haue affoorded what furtherance they were able [etc.]. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. i. sig. B2 Moderate your expences (now at first) As you may keepe the same proportion still. Beare a low saile. View more context for this quotation 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iv. iii. 1941 Schollers must frame to liue at a low sayle. 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xix. xxi. 780 If learning had many such friends as he, it would beare an higher sayle then it doth. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 211 They drew in their Mooned and crescent Squadrons into the Body of the Fleet, and that one might not go before another, bore less Sayl. 1733 Oxf. Methodists 6 Be not high-minded; but fear... Bear no more Sail than is necessary. extracted from sailn.¹ < as lemmas
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