英语词汇“to keep one's legs”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

h. to keep one's legs: to remain standing upright; to keep oneself from falling or collapsing. Cf. to keep one's feet at foot n. and int. Phrases 2c(a). Now rare.

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the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > rise or be standing [verb (intransitive)] > be standing > without falling

to keep one's feet1579

to keep one's legs1639

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xxiv. 210 Here the steady ship had the better of it; and those souldiers who best kept their legges could best use their arms.

1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 5 They [sc. those who serve on a ship of war]..walk firm, where all other Creatures tumble; and seldom can keep their Legs long, when they get upon Terra Firma.

?1770 Adventures of Actor iii. 44 A thick mist overspread her eyes, and she could not keep her legs. She fell, and bit the earth.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 233 The fighting men..were so much exhausted that they could scarcely keep their legs.

1858 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 345 Carried most of the way, not able to keep his legs.

1991 J. E. Woods tr. C. Ransmayr Terrors of Ice & Darkness vii. 61 The Tyrolean hunters take turns being seasick and can barely keep their legs.

单词	to keep one's legs
释义	> as lemmas to keep one's legs h. to keep one's legs: to remain standing upright; to keep oneself from falling or collapsing. Cf. to keep one's feet at foot n. and int. Phrases 2c(a). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > rise or be standing [verb (intransitive)] > be standing > without falling to keep one's feet1579 to keep one's legs1639 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xxiv. 210 Here the steady ship had the better of it; and those souldiers who best kept their legges could best use their arms. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 5 They [sc. those who serve on a ship of war]..walk firm, where all other Creatures tumble; and seldom can keep their Legs long, when they get upon Terra Firma. ?1770 Adventures of Actor iii. 44 A thick mist overspread her eyes, and she could not keep her legs. She fell, and bit the earth. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 233 The fighting men..were so much exhausted that they could scarcely keep their legs. 1858 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 345 Carried most of the way, not able to keep his legs. 1991 J. E. Woods tr. C. Ransmayr Terrors of Ice & Darkness vii. 61 The Tyrolean hunters take turns being seasick and can barely keep their legs. extracted from legn. < as lemmas
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