单词 | to lie in |
释义 | > as lemmasto lie in to lie in 1. To be brought to bed of a child (†also const. with); to be ‘confined’. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > be confined [verb] to lie inc1440 to lie downa1500 to bring abed1523 to be confined1772 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 304/2 Lyyn' yn or yn chylde bedde..decubo. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xvii. sig. Cii As yet I am not determyned in what place she shall lye in. 1602 S. Rowlands Tis Merrie 35 When I lay in of my first Boy. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. iii. 79 You must go visit the good Lady that lies in . View more context for this quotation 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §899 The Shee-Beare breedeth, and lyeth in with her Young. 1730 Visct. Bolingbroke Let. 12 Feb. in J. Swift Lett. (1766) II. 397 His wife lies-in with one child. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. xiv. 309 Five hungry Children, and a Wife lying in of a sixth. View more context for this quotation 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 106 They regularly retire every year at proper intervals to lie in of the spleen. 1825 New Monthly Mag. 13 51 Learning then ordinarily lay-in of folio volumes. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture 76 'Tis like a Koravan eating asafœtida when his wife lies in. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [verb (transitive)] > be priced at be1484 to come to ——1577 to lie in1622 1622 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 212 Soe much money..as the tendinge and keepinge of the said clocke shall lye in. 1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade 1 A Grocer bought 5¾ C grosse weight of Wares, which lay him in..£163 13s. 8d. 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 134 The Corn will lye the Mum-Brewers in Two Shillings Six-pence per Bushel. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Lie 21. To cost: as, it lies me in more money. 3. Nautical. (See quot. 1867.) ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Lie in! the order to come in from the yards when reefing, furling, or other duty is performed. 4. To remain in bed (after one's usual hour of rising). Cf. lie-in n. at lie n.2 Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > later than usual sleep1740 to lie it out1748 sleep1827 to lie in1893 sleep1931 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Lie, in the combination lie-in, to sleep longer than intended. 1911 E. M. Clowes On Wallaby v. 144 On Sundays her husband and son ‘lay in’, as she called it, till midday, while she gave them their breakfast in bed. to lie in c. to lie in (a person): to rest or centre in him; to depend upon him, be in his power (to do). Now chiefly in as far as in (me, etc.) lies. Also, to lie in one's power, to lie in (or †on) one's hands. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > be under authority [verb (intransitive)] > be dependent to lie in one's powerc1374 depend1548 to hang on, upon, of (a person's) sleeve1548 to lie in (or on) one's handsa1593 to fall upon ——?1672 society > authority > subjection > be subject to [verb (transitive)] > be dependent on to lie inc1374 to stand to ——c1449 the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > be caused by or result from [verb (transitive)] > depend on to stand in ——OE to lie inc1374 to stand upon ——a1393 to turn on ——a1413 to stand by ——a1450 lie1590 set1597 suspend1638 to turn upon ——1652 condition1868 ride1950 c1374 G. Chaucer Compl. Mars 184 Sith hit lythe in his myght. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 965 Þer-for loueliche ladi in þe lis al min hope. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 431 Hit lyth in my grace, Wheþer þei deye oþer deye nat. c1440 Generydes 3109 I wote right wele it lithe in me The Sowdon to destroye. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur ii. iii Aske what ye wil and ye shall haue it, and hit lye in my power to yeue hit. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxi. 243 It lyeth now in you to do with hym at your pleasure. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclvv Thei promised the kyng, to doo all that in theim laie with their frendes. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. I4v Fauor him my lord, as much as lieth in you. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lx. 136 The Church as much as in her lieth, wilfully casteth away their soules. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. ii. 4 Correction lieth in those hands, Which made the fault that we cannot correct. View more context for this quotation 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Gg1 To me..that do desire as much as lyeth in my Penne [etc.] . View more context for this quotation a1613 T. Overbury Wife (1614) sig. D6v Women, though they weaker bee..,yet on their hands The Chastitie of men doth often lie. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 176 As much as in you hath lyen. 1662 King Charles II in J. M. Cartwright Madame (1894) 121 I am sure I have done all that lies in my power. 1720 J. Ozell et al. tr. R. A. de Vertot Hist. Revol. Rom. Republic I. iv. 226 All the Hopes of the Republic lay in an old Man just taken from the Plough. 1875 F. H. A. Scrivener 6 Lect. Text New Test. 9 Resolved, so far as in him lay, to root out the Christian Faith. 1885 Ld. Tennyson Tiresias Only in thy virtue lies The saving of our Thebes. to lie in h. to lie in: to consist in, to have its ground or basis in. †Also with infinitive instead of in and object. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > inform or give a thing its essence [verb (transitive)] > consist of or have as its essence to stand in ——a1382 to lie in1589 to consist in1594 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxii. 216 Another point of surplusage lieth not so much in superfluitie of your words. 1633 G. Herbert Faith in Temple vii If blisse had lien in art or strength, None but the wise or strong had gained it. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 17 But here the great art lyes to discern in what the law is to bid restraint. 1724 A. Collins Disc. Grounds Christian Relig. 75 The argument lies in the word Netser. a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1772) VII. ii. 29 The perfection of every being must lie in its best part. 1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §84 Our only chance of success lies in abstracting heat from this liquid. 1881 S. R. Gardiner & J. B. Mullinger Introd. Study Eng. Hist. i. iii. 48 The true remedy lay..in female education. 1881 S. R. Gardiner & J. B. Mullinger Introd. Study Eng. Hist. i. x. 178 Pitt's strength lay in his character. < as lemmas |
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