单词 | to lie at lurch |
释义 | > as lemmasto lie at (on, upon the) lurch 2. to lie at (on, upon the) lurch: to lie concealed; to be in a lurking place; to lie in wait. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make attack [verb (intransitive)] > lie in wait siteOE wait?c1225 aspya1250 awaita1250 keepc1275 to sit in wait(s)a1300 lurkc1300 bush1330 to lie at (the) waitc1440 to lie on waitc1440 to lie wait1445 lay one's wait1535 hugger1567 to lie at (on, upon the) lurch1578 couch1582 ambuscade1592 to lie (also stand, stay, etc.) perdu1624 to lie at (or upon the) snap1631 ambush1638 to hole up1912 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, lie or hidden [verb (intransitive)] > remain in hiding lurkc1300 to hide one's headc1475 mitch1558 nestle1567 to lie at (on, upon the) lurch1578 to lay low1600 skulk1626 squat1658 to lie by1709 hide1872 to hole up1875 to lie low1880 to lie (also play) doggo1882 to hide out1884 to put the lid on1966 1578 O. Roydon in T. Proctor Gorgious Gallery Pref. Verses The drowsie Drones doo neuer take such toyle, But lye at lurch, like men of Momus minde. 1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. D.4v Fained Friendship now layes on lurtch, his faithful friend to spil. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 28 Another Epicurean company lying at lurch as so many vultures, watching for a prey of Church goods. 16.. Paradox xvii, in Third Collect. Poems (1689) 25 Or H——, that lyes upon the Lurch, Who left the Charters, shall restore the Church. 1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 146 He chiefly laboured to be thought a sayer of good things; and by frequent attempts was now and then successful, for he ever lay upon the lurch. 1860 J. P. Kennedy Mem. W. Wirt I. v. 68 The enemy of human happiness, always lying at lurch to make prey of the young. < as lemmas |
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