单词 | to guide the way |
释义 | > as lemmasto guide the way a. transitive. To act as guide to; to go with or before for the purpose of leading the way: said of persons, of God, Providence, and of impersonal agents, such as stars, light, etc. Also to guide the way (cf. lead v.1). Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > manage or administer steerc888 leadc1175 guyc1330 guidec1374 governa1382 ministera1382 treat1387 administer1395 dispose1398 skift?a1400 warda1400 solicit1429 to deal with1469 handlea1470 execute1483 convoy?a1513 conveyc1515 mayne1520 to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handa1522 keepa1535 administrate1538 solicitate1547 to dispose of1573 manure1583 carry1600 manage1609 negotiate1619 conduct1632 to carry on1638 mesnage1654 nurse1745 work1841 operate1850 run1857 stage-manage1906 ramrod1920 society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > lead back teachc893 forleadOE to lead the wayc1175 kenc1200 dressc1330 lerec1330 guy1362 guidec1374 reduce?a1425 tell1485 way lead1485 arrect1530 reconduct1566 reduct1580 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 1055 What maner wyndes gydeth yow now here. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 322 And god Mercurye of me now woful wrecche, The soule gide. c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 776 He on his wy is goon..In riche array this mayden for to gyde. a1400–50 Alexander 5387 Nowe aires furth oure conquirour & candoile him gidis. c1440 Generydes 116 And to this place he gidyd yow the weye. 1463 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 227 Item, govyn to Thomas Barkere ys brothyr, for gydyng the weye, iiijd. 1502 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 151 Item, to the man that gydit the King quhen he passit to Dunbertane, ijs. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Luke i. 79 That he might geue light..to gyde oure fete in to the waye of peace. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 723 The gold in stone will runne as small as a pin or thread, and meeting with a hollow place, filleth it, and so guideth the Miner by thicke and thinne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 78 And twenty glow-wormes shall our Lanthornes bee To guide our Measure round about the Tree. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) v. i. 107 Some heauenly power guide vs Out of this fearefull Country. View more context for this quotation 1661 R. Boyle Some Consider. Style of Script. (1675) 20 The known rocks and shelves do as well guide the sea-men as the pole-star. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. x. 595 How shall I tread..The dark descent, and who shall guide the way? 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. i. 43 Till moon-light..checquers all the ground, and guides them to the bow'r. 1820 P. B. Shelley Cloud in Prometheus Unbound 197 Over earth and ocean, with gentle motion, This pilot is guiding me. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xviii. 122 The slopes..and precipices, which were to guide us. 1865 M. C. Harris St. Philip's iii Moving cautiously upon the ice..he..lay down, guiding himself by his hands alone. 1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Spanish Gypsy iv. 288 The stars will guide us back. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 5 He Had guided Iliumward the ships of Greece. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere I. i. viii. 231 Refusing all help, she guided herself out of the room. 1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 28 God guided him to the ship. 1907 Smart Set Mar. 128 He guided himself cautiously with his left arm stretched out against the object of quest. < as lemmas |
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