| 单词 | to join the battle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto join the battle a. to join battle (formerly also to join the battle): to come together, as opposing forces, and begin a battle (cf. sense 12); to enter upon a battle, or (figurative) a contest of any kind. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > join or meet in battle to come togetherOE to lay togetherc1275 smitec1275 to have, keep, make, smite, strike, battle1297 joustc1330 meetc1330 copec1350 assemblea1375 semblea1375 coup?a1400 to fight togethera1400 strikea1400 joinc1400 to join the battle1455 to commit battle?a1475 rencounter1497 to set ina1500 to pitch a battlea1513 concura1522 rescounter1543 scontre1545 journey1572 shock1575 yoke1581 to give in1610 mix1697 to engage a combat1855 to run (or ride) a-tilt1862 1455 Battle of St. Albans in Paston Lett. I. 332 They joynid batayle anon; and it was done with inne di. houre. 1539 Bible (Great) 1 Sam. iv. 2 When they ioyned ye battel, Israel was put to the worse. 1539 Bible (Great) 1 Kings xx. 29 In the vii. daye the battayle was ioyned. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 190 That morning that he was to ioyne battell with Harold. 1673 P. Leycester Antiq. Great Brit. ii. ii. iv. 122 Both Armies meet near the Town of Lincoln, and being put in order, joyn Battel. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 29/2 After the battle was joined, [he] routed his army, and took his city. 1893 R. Williams in Traill Soc. Eng. I. i. 33 When two armies were on the point of joining battle. < as lemmas |
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