| 单词 | to disport oneself |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto disport oneself 2. reflexive. to disport oneself: to cheer, divert, amuse, or enjoy oneself; to occupy oneself pleasurably; now esp. to play wantonly, frolic, gambol, sport; to display oneself sportively. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [verb (reflexive)] shurt?c1225 playc1300 solace1340 lakea1375 to disport oneselfc1385 sport?a1425 short1449 recreate1530 entertain1594 to make oneself glee1602 deboise1633 divertise1651 divert1660 regale1682 besport1855 c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr.) Hypsipyle. 1441 To saylyn to that lond hym to disporte. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxiv. 154 Þare in will he sitt..for to disporte him and take þe aer. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 521/1 Go disporte you with them, they be good felowes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. vi. 8 He hath..attended with weake guard, Come hunting this way to disport himselfe. View more context for this quotation a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 104 Whilst he disported himself at the Court of France. 1742 W. Warburton Note Pope's Ess. Man in Wks. (1811) XI. 142 After having disported himself at will, in the flowery paths of fancy. 1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia 9 Seabirds were disporting themselves in the water. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Eclogues vi, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 39 My Muse in Sicilian measure was well Pleased to disport her. < as lemmas |
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