| 单词 | to be in figure |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be in figure 12. An emblem, type. †in figure: in emblematical representation. †to be in figure: to be typical. †in figure to: emblematic of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > typical or representative case > typical or representative thing or person forbysenc1175 figurea1340 forbyseninga1400 samplera1400 plot1551 pattern1555 resembler1581 representative1653 specimen1654 exponent1825 type1845 typification1845 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxlvi. 8 He hilys halywrit wiþ figurs forto stire men to seke. c1366 G. Chaucer A.B.C. 169 Ysaak was figure of his [Christ's] deth certeyn. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 697 Þe ship þat beres vs in þe se, Of haly kyrke þe figure be. 1497 J. Alcock Mons Perfeccionis (de Worde) A ij This mount is in figure and sygnefyeth relygyon. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 385/1 Al thing vnto them came in figures. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 59 The ancient times doe set forth in figure..the incorporacion..of counsell with Kinges. 1637 T. Nabbes Microcosmus i. C Oh gentle power..Figure of peace. 1647 J. Saltmarsh Sparkles of Glory (1847) 149 A rest or peace in figure to that glory and fulness to be revealed in us. 1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 122 The Rock..was a Type and a Figure of Christ. 1730–6 in N. Bailey Dict. Britannicum 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 453 It has long been usual to represent the imagination under the figure of a wing. < as lemmas |
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