| 单词 | to lie out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lie out to lie out ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > form promontory [verb (intransitive)] arma1552 nessa1552 peninsulatea1552 to lie out1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 54 Spaine and France..lying out with their promontories into two contrary seas. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 61 Corsica..lyeth out from the North into the South, and containeth in length an hundred and fiftie miles. 2. †To rest or settle outside (obsolete); to sleep out, now dialect of cattle, to be left unhoused at night. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [verb (intransitive)] > settle outside hive (of bees) to lie forth1623 to lie out1634 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > in a specific place > outdoors to sleep (formerly also live, lie) rough1672 to lie out1712 sleep1852 1634 J. Levett Ordering of Bees 34 Their Bees haue exceedingly lyen out upon the Hiue and board. 1712 J. Arbuthnot App. to John Bull Still in Senses i. 9 The Witnesses farther made Oath, That the said Timothy lay out a Nights. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Lie in, Lie out, said of horses or cows. If they are kept housed at night, they are said to lie in, if not they lie out. Do your 'oss lie in or out? 3. Scottish. To delay; spec. to delay in entering upon property as heir. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] geleOE studegieOE abideOE to do in or a (= on) fristc1175 dwellc1175 demurc1230 targec1250 dretcha1325 tarrya1375 sojourn1377 defer1382 letc1385 hinderc1386 blina1400 delay?a1400 honea1400 litea1400 overbidea1400 prolongc1425 supersede1433 hoverc1440 tarrowc1480 sunyie1488 stay?a1500 sleep1519 slack1530 protract1540 linger1548 procrastinate1548 slackc1560 slug1565 jauk1568 temporize1579 detract1584 longering1587 sit1591 prorogue1593 to time it out1613 to lie out1640 crastinate1656 taigle17.. to hang fire1782 to hold off1790 to hang it on1819 prevaricate1854 to lie over1856 to tread water1942 to drag one's feet1946 1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 3 Sept. (1855) 42 For his lying sae lang out in not subscryveing of the covenant. 1677 in Fountainhall's Decisions in M. P. Brown Suppl. Dict. Decisions Court of Session (1826) III. 146 A man is married on a woman that is apparent heir to lands.. . She, to defraud her husband either of the jus mariti or the courtesy, lies out and will not enter. 1868 Act 31 & 32 Victoria c. 101 §6 The rights and remedies competent to a superior against his vassal lying out unentered. 4. to lie it out: to sleep on late into the morning. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > later than usual sleep1740 to lie it out1748 sleep1827 to lie in1893 sleep1931 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. li. 301 The dear creature was so frighten'd, and so fatigued last night, no wonder she lies it out this morning. 5. to lie out of one's money: to remain unpaid. to lie out of one's ground (Horse Racing slang): see quot. 1896. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > financial loss > suffer financial loss [verb (intransitive)] to be out of one's way1596 to be in disburse1608 to be out of purse1615 bleed1671 to lie out of one's money1860 drop1876 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. i. viii. 151 I can't lie out o' my money any longer. You must raise it as quick as you can. 1892 Daily Chron. 19 Apr. 9/2 How can zealous discharge of this duty be expected, when the officer..has to advance the cost of the summons, and lie out of his money for a year at a time, if not for ever? 1896 J. S. Farmer Slang To lie out of one's ground = to ‘lie off’ too long, so as to be unable to recover lost ground. 6. Of land: to lie fallow or unused. ΚΠ 1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Agric. 402 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 2) VI After the corn crop, do not suffer the land to ‘lie out’. No error can be more opposed to good farming. < as lemmas |
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