单词 | to leap afoot |
释义 | > as lemmasto leap afoot 4. To spring suddenly to or upon one's feet; to rise with a bound from a sitting or recumbent position. Often with up. †to leap afoot: to spring to the ground from horseback; to dismount. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > dismount > by leaping to leap afootc1330 the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > rise or be standing [verb (intransitive)] > rise > quickly or suddenly to start upc1275 upstart1303 leapc1330 upspringc1374 uprapea1400 boltc1425 starta1470 spring1474 rear1835 rare1886 c1330 Arth. & Merl. 7135 (Kölbing) [He] gan arise of his swouȝ..Vp he lepe wiþ chaufed blod. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) lxviii. 113 The duc leep a foote & drewe oute his swerde. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xiii. 195 He lepe vp-on hys feet vigerousely. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 8646 Achilles..bound vp his wounde..Lep vp full lyuely launchit on swithe. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 137 Arethusa leaping from her Bed, First lifts above the Waves her beauteous Head. View more context for this quotation 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 24 A pilot asleep on the howling sea Leaped up from the deck in agony. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 137 Vivien..Leapt from her session on his lap and stood Stiff as a frozen viper. < as lemmas |
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