单词 | to give room |
释义 | > as lemmasto give room ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat > out of the way to give rooma1350 to stand backc1390 to make way?a1425 to stand aback?a1439 to make rooma1450 roomc1450 give wayc1515 to give by1633 shunt1869 to move over1914 extend2000 a1350 Life St. Alexius (Laud) l. 481 in F. J. Furnivall Adam Davy's 5 Dreams (1878) 69 Ȝiueþ me roum & lat me se þe body þat was boren of me. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 333 As he came inward sho bad gyff hym rowm. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xiv. f. cv Geve this man roume. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. v. 26 A hall, a Hall, giue roome, and foote it gyrles. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. ii. 67 I..wish..I quickly were dissolued from my hiue To giue some Labourers roome . View more context for this quotation 1898 J. W. Howe From Sunset Ridge 126 The high police of fashion urged the vagrants to give room. < as lemmas |
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