英语词汇“to be left in the laps”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 fall into the lap or laps of: to come within the reach, or into the power, of. to be left in the laps: to be left in difficulties, ‘in the lurch’. (Lapse is sometimes written for laps, by confusion with lapse n.)The origin of this use is somewhat obscure; it may be from sense 5; but cf. German durch die lappen gehen, to escape, get clear off, where lappen means literally a contrivance for catching deer.

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society > authority > subjection > be subject to [verb (transitive)] > come within reach of authority of

to fall into the lap or laps of1558

the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > be in difficulties or straits > be left in the lurch

to be left in the laps1558

to lie in the lash1573

to get left1827

1558 Queen Elizabeth I in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1824) I. App. iv. 395 Clemency to be extended not before they do..acknowledge themselves to have fallen in the Lapse of the Law.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cliij^v In the retire they fel into the lappes of their ennemies.

1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. li. 232 They will exact by Torture what thou thinkest,..til in the Lapse thou fall.

1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria iii. v, in Terence in Eng. 65 Dost thou not see me..left in the lapps through thy deuise and counsaile?

a1618 W. Raleigh Remains (1644) 122 Let them blame their own folly if they..fall head-long into the lap of endless perdition.

a1643 W. Monson Naval Tracts v, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. (1704) III. 463/1 They cannot avoid falling into the lap of one of the other two [ships].

单词	to be left in the laps
释义	> as lemmas to be left in the laps †a. to fall into the lap or laps of: to come within the reach, or into the power, of. to be left in the laps: to be left in difficulties, ‘in the lurch’. (Lapse is sometimes written for laps, by confusion with lapse n.)The origin of this use is somewhat obscure; it may be from sense 5; but cf. German durch die lappen gehen, to escape, get clear off, where lappen means literally a contrivance for catching deer. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > be subject to [verb (transitive)] > come within reach of authority of to fall into the lap or laps of1558 the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > be in difficulties or straits > be left in the lurch to be left in the laps1558 to lie in the lash1573 to get left1827 1558 Queen Elizabeth I in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1824) I. App. iv. 395 Clemency to be extended not before they do..acknowledge themselves to have fallen in the Lapse of the Law. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cliij^v In the retire they fel into the lappes of their ennemies. 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. li. 232 They will exact by Torture what thou thinkest,..til in the Lapse thou fall. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria iii. v, in Terence in Eng. 65 Dost thou not see me..left in the lapps through thy deuise and counsaile? a1618 W. Raleigh Remains (1644) 122 Let them blame their own folly if they..fall head-long into the lap of endless perdition. a1643 W. Monson Naval Tracts v, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. (1704) III. 463/1 They cannot avoid falling into the lap of one of the other two [ships]. extracted from lapn.¹ < as lemmas
随便看	make or break contact make or do asseth make or do courtesy make or enter into a covenant make or find a lodgement make or give a bravado make or give assault make or go the circuit of make or keep scourage make or lay await on make or mar make or pay court to make or pay one's court to make or show a specified semblance make or show semblance make or take a step make or take but one step make or take but one step from — to make or undertake a journey make orts of make out make out a case make out like a bandit make out of the way make out one's case

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