单词 | to close one's days |
释义 | > as lemmasto close one's days a. transitive. To conclude, bring to a close or end; to finish, complete. to close one's days: to die. to close an account: see account n. 2a(a).[Already in Latin, as in claudere bellum, opus, cenam, etc.] ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > bring to an end or conclude [verb (transitive)] yendc1000 abatec1300 finec1300 endc1305 finisha1375 definec1384 terminec1390 achievea1393 out-enda1400 terminate?a1425 conclude1430 close1439 to bring adowna1450 terma1475 adetermine1483 determine1483 to knit up1530 do1549 parclose1558 to shut up1575 expire1578 date1589 to close up1592 period1595 includea1616 apostrophate1622 to wind off1650 periodizea1657 dismiss1698 to wind up1740 to put the lid on1873 to put the tin hat on something1900 to wash up1925 1439 Will of Countess of Warwick (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/3) f. 214 My last will by me examyned and closid. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 13664 After course of our kynd closit his dayes. 1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 18 Dec. (1855) 138 Our valuationes was closet and sent to you in Marche last. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 144 That word which clos'd Thy sovran sentence. View more context for this quotation a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 27 Where toil in peaceful slumber clos'd the day. 1801 M. Edgeworth Prussian Vase in Moral Tales III. 48 Having closed his evidence. 1871 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 74 In favour of the power of closing debates. 1885 Manch. Examiner 15 July 5/3 To close the subscription list. < as lemmas |
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