| 单词 | to lie at catch or upon the catch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lie at catch or upon the catch b. to lie in ambush, in wait, †in await (see the nouns). †to lie for = to lie in wait for. to lie at catch or upon the catch (? archaic or dialect): to set oneself to entrap a person, to be captious. (For to lie at lurch, at ward, on one's guard, see the nouns.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > lie in wait for keepc1000 waitc1200 aspya1250 awaita1250 wait onc1390 to wait on ——1390 forestall1413 belay1470 to lay fora1513 waylay1513 forelay1548 ambush1555 counterwait1562 to lie for1611 set1670 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > set a trap [verb (intransitive)] lurea1591 to lie at catch or upon the catch1611 to draw the badger1817 springe1895 to give the snap away1900 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > raise captiously [verb (intransitive)] brabblec1500 cavil1548 shuffle1602 to lie at catch or upon the catch1611 to shuffle up and down1633 chicane1705 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Aguetté, dogged; watched, waited; lien for. 1620 T. Ryves Vicar's Plea 141 That hee seeme not to lie at catch for an aduantage against his inferiour fellow minister. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 5 Lie at catch, and wait advantages one against another. 1671 T. Shadwell Humorists iii. 38 Dryb... That's stole out of a Play. Craz. What then, that's lawful; 'tis a shifting age for wit, and every body lies upon the Catch. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 307 The Dutch had a rich fleet coming from Smyrna..Holmes was ordered to lye for them..with eight men of war. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. ii. x. 588 Since he lay upon the watch and catch, only to see what the plaintiff proved. 1879 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXV. 329 He only asks the question because it ought to be asked, and does not lie upon the catch. < as lemmas |
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