单词 | to lay … before |
释义 | > as lemmasto lay … before 17. to lay … before: to place in front of, to bring to the sight of; hence, to bring to the notice of, to submit to the consideration of; †passive to be in store for. (Cf. branch IV.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > offering for inspection or consideration > offer for inspection or consideration [verb (transitive)] i-taechec888 to lay … beforec1000 showlOE givec1175 to lay outc1440 produce1459 propose1548 cite1549 product1563 broach1573 offer1583 to hold up1604 to bring in1608 project1611 to bring ona1715 to trot out1838 to bring up1868 muster1904 the world > space > relative position > front > be in front of [verb (transitive)] > place in front (of) foresetc825 to lay … beforec1000 again-puta1425 again-seta1425 preponea1513 prefer?1541 prepose?1541 prefix1604 prefacea1658 c1000 Ælfric Genesis xxxi. 37 Lege hit her beforan þinum freondum. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 15714 Muchel woo if he wist: is bifore him leide. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 661 When she fynt a corn, She chicketh hem and layth hit hem byfore. c1480 (a1400) St. Thomas Apostle 102 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 132 A blak hund..gat It, & lad before þame all. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Dviiv They..brought the price therof, & layd it before the feyth of the apostles. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. xxx. G He layed the staues in the drynkinge troughes before the eyes of the flockes. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Chron. xxii. B Thre thinges laye I before the, chose ye one of them. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 457. ¶1 I Shall this Day lay before my Reader a Letter. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 602 The Lower House ordered him to lay the Matter before the Attorney-General for his Opinion. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. vii. 136 We ought to lay these things plainly and honestly before our Mind. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. ix. 129 I hope you have no objections to laying your case before the uncle. 1849 W. E. Aytoun Buried Flower in Poems 163 And I laid my heart before thee, Laid it, darling, at thy feet! 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 94 Cardinal Morton..laid the condition of the secular clergy before the assembled prelates. < as lemmas |
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