| 单词 | to leave standing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto leave (a person or thing) standing (still) P9. to leave (a person or thing) standing (still): to forge ahead of (a competitor); to be better, faster, or more successful than (a rival); to surpass, outstrip, or outperform.Originally in sporting contexts; now often figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > put in the shade or put to shame shamec1400 to put down1494 extinguish1551 stain1557 overshadow1581 cloud1582 defacea1592 shend1596 to lay up1601 to shine down1623 dazzle1643 umbrage1647 foila1687 efface1717 eclipse1718 shade?1748 put into the shade1796 to take the shine out of (less frequently from, U.S. off)1819 to put to shame1854 to leave (a person) standing1864 to lay over1869 blanket1884 upstage1921 1864 Sporting Gaz. 20 Aug. 650/1 Being unencumbered with kit or rod, and withal fleet of foot, I took to my heels, and..fairly left him ‘standing still’. 1894 Yorks. Evening Post 12 Oct. 3/3 Blairfield in the Irish Derby gave Hebron three pounds and left him standing still. 1901 Sketch 12 June 297/2 [She wore] a bejewelled bolero worth £60,000. That, to use a sporting term, left them all standing still [sc. the other jewellery wearers]. 1980 Barron's National 24 Mar. 47/1 Purex Industries Inc. has lagged its three bigger rivals, but it has left them standing when it comes to earnings growth. 1997 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 31 Jan. The Montreal Canadiens left them standing still Thursday night: Les Habitants 4, Les Stiffs 1. 2001 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 17 Nov. 8 Our local bus and rail services are a disgrace... Europe and the USA have left us standing. < as lemmas |
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