| 单词 | to draw in, into, at, or on length |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto draw (out) in, into, at, or on length 17. †to draw (out) in, into, at, or on length: to prolong, protract; rarely with personal obj. = to delay, prolong the stay of (obsolete). Now only to draw out to a great, etc. length. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong lengOE drawOE teec1200 forlengtha1300 lengtha1300 drivec1300 tarryc1320 proloynec1350 continuec1380 to draw alonga1382 longa1382 dretch1393 conservea1398 to draw (out) in, into, at, or on lengtha1400 prorogue1419 prolongc1425 aroomc1440 prorogate?a1475 protend?a1475 dilate1489 forlong1496 relong1523 to draw out1542 sustentate1542 linger1543 defer1546 pertract1548 propagate1548 protract1548 linger1550 lengthen1555 train1556 detract?a1562 to make forth (long, longer)1565 stretch1568 extend1574 extenuate1583 dree1584 wire-draw1598 to spin out1603 trail1604 disabridge1605 produce1605 continuate1611 out-length1617 spin1629 to eke out1641 producta1670 prolongate1671 drawl1694 drag1697 perennate1698 string1867 perennialize1898 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5806 He sal me drau wit lite and lenth [Gött. lith and lenkith, Trin. Cambr. drawe forþ on lengþe]. c1480 (a1400) St. Placidus 9 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 69 Men cesis..to spedful pennance to begyne, bot drawis It erare in to lynth, til of his body falȝeis strinth. 1483 Cath. Angl. 107/1 To Drawe on longe or on lenght, crastinare, prolongare, differre. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Ambages,—a circuite of woordes, a tale drawen in length. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xiii. 101 A sound is drawen at length either by the infirmitie of the toung [etc.]. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 23 I speake too long, but tis to peize the time..and to draw it out in length, To stay you from election. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms xxxvi. 10 O continue [margin. draw out at length] thy louing kindnesse vnto them. View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Alonger, to..draw out in length. a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 30 I Prayed often, and drew out my Prayers to a great length. 1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 191 They will draw their negotiations into length. 1893 Temple Bar Sept. 68 Breakfast was drawn out to a most unusual length. < as lemmas |
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