单词 | to lie wait |
释义 | > as lemmasto lie wait 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 1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 269 Ambicion..which evir lyeth waite at chambir dorys. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 55 Thair followit na thing bot slaughter.., ilk ane lyand wait for wther as they had ben settand tinchellis for the murther of wyld beistes. < as lemmas |
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