单词 | to let be |
释义 | > as lemmasto let be 20. to let be (dialect let-a-be; †also contracted labee, labbe). extracted from letv.1 a. To leave undisturbed, not to meddle with; to abstain from doing (an action); to leave off, cease from; = to let alone at sense 18 †Also const. infinitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > abstain from interfering with to let alonec897 leaveOE to let bec1000 to let bec1175 to let (a person or thing) yworth?c1225 to let (something) standa1400 to let dwella1500 to leave to oneself (also itself)?1531 let1818 to let a thing bide1866 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] holdc897 forgoa1000 oversitOE forbearc1200 letc1330 to let bec1385 to lay apart1526 refrain1528 to let pass1530 retainc1540 abstain1578 restrain1594 stay1599 nurture1627 withhold1650 waive1653 inhold1655 withstand1852 skip1961 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 57 Let þu þet uuele beon. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3726 Leateð ben swilc wurdes ref. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 3204 Vter let al þis be, vor he ne leuede it. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2811 Al ȝour mornyng leteþ now ben. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 475 Lat be thyn arguynge Ffor loue ne wele nat Countyrpletyd be. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20271 Lat be weping, it helps noght. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1840 Lettez [MS reads Letteȝ] be your bisinesse. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. v. l. 174 Let be al ȝoure ianglyng. c1425 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 2070 Take therof the best & let the worst be. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xxi. iv Syr late hym be..for he is vnhappy. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 16 Let me be, and beth in pes. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. vi. 159 With thi complayntis.. Lat be to vex me. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid ix. Prol. 25 All lous langage and lychtnes lattand be. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 607/1 Let be this nycenesse, my frende. c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) iii. 1 Luvaris, lat be the frennessy of luve. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xvii. sig. S3v Lett be thy bitter scorne. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 199 Soft you, let me be, plucke vp my heart, and be sad. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 66 Let be your prayer, aske not impossibilities. 1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Theodore & Honoria in Fables 267 Back on your Lives; let be, said he, my Prey. a1822 P. B. Shelley tr. J. W. von Goethe Scenes from Faust in Posthumous Poems (1824) 414 Let it be—pass on. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xv. 176 I thank you; let me be. 1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 75 I do not understand Why you should harp on Ina. Let her be. 1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad xxxiv. 49 Oh, sick I am to see you, will you never let me be? 1966 F. Nwapa Efuru ix. 190 Guilty of murder I say, but, well, let it be. 2008 N.Y. Mag. 10 Mar. 138/2 The artists went local: They..started bands and small presses and planted front-yard gardens together, and let it be. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] > cease to mention letc1275 to let bec1275 to fall awaya1413 stinta1500 failc1650 not to say (pea-) turkey1909 the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] > refrain from speaking about letc1275 to let bec1275 leavea1375 sinka1400 supersede1560 reticence1833 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15201 Lette [c1300 Otho Leate] we nu beon Cadwaðlan. and ga we to Edwine aȝan. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Friar's Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 25 Telleth your tale, and lat the Somnor be. a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 127 Of the quene let we bee. c. absol. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] to let bec1000 fastOE withdraw1297 letc1374 forbearc1375 abstaina1382 sparec1386 respitea1393 to let alonea1400 refraina1402 supersede1449 deport1477 to hold one's handa1500 spare1508 surcease1542 detract1548 to hold back1576 hold1589 to stand by1590 to hold up1596 suspend1598 stickle1684 to hold off1861 to bottle it1988 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > abstain from interfering with to let alonec897 leaveOE to let bec1000 to let bec1175 to let (a person or thing) yworth?c1225 to let (something) standa1400 to let dwella1500 to leave to oneself (also itself)?1531 let1818 to let a thing bide1866 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > refraining from interference to let alone1608 unmeddlingnessa1656 non-interference1829 to let be1891 benign neglect1970 c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 206 Læt beon ealne dæg. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1735 Lateþ beo and beoþ isome. c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 1757 Lat ben, moder, for hit is nede. c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 619 Lat be quod he, it shal nat be. 1450–80 tr. Secreta Secret. 18 God saith him silf..‘lete be, lete be, for in me is the vengeaunce, and y shalle quyte it’. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxvii. f. xljv Other sayde let be, let vs se whyther Helias wyll come and delyver hym. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 295 ‘Lat be, God forbid’, the Coilȝear said. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. iv. 6 Ah let be, let be, thou art The Armourer of my heart. View more context for this quotation 1647 J. Cleveland Poems (new ed.) in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4666) 7 She replies, good Sir La-bee, If ever I have a man, Square-cap for mee. 1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 16 Labbe, labbe, Soze, labbe... Gi' o'er, gi o'er. 1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 11 When Trummel cleek'd her on his knee, She dunch'd and punch'd, cried, ‘fuil, let be!’ 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vii. 160 I waste my heart in signs: let be. 1884 F. J. Child Ballads I. 322/2 When Thomas is about to pull fruit..the elf bids him let be. 1891 Athenæum 21 Feb. 242/2 The good old doctrine of Let Be. d. = to let alone at sense 18. Chiefly Scottish. ΚΠ a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 246 He could skarse sitt, to let be stand on his feet. a1653 H. Binning Serm. (1743) 619 These baser things are not worthy of an immortal spirit, let be a spirit who is a partaker of a divine nature. 1683 Duke of Hamilton 9 June in Napier Dundee (1859) I. ii. 333 They would scarce give me civil answers, let be to confess a word. 1775 H. Baillie Lett. I. 51 (Jam.) Morton Roxburgh, let be Haddington or Stirling, were not of sufficient shoulder. 1775 H. Baillie Lett. I. 170 He had never any such resolution, let be plot. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. x. 218 She..speaks as if she were a prent book,—let a' be an auld fisher's wife. 1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch Prelim. p. vii Let-a-be this plain truth, another point of argument..is [etc.]. 1929 Scots Mag. Feb. 360 Keep the pownies frae neichering, thir lanward fouk'll tak warnin' frae a whaup's skirl let be the squeal o' a horse. < as lemmas |
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