英语词汇“to keep the field”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to keep (also maintain) the field: to remain in position on the battlefield; to maintain one's position, to stand firm; also figurative and in extended use.

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society > armed hostility > war > wage war [verb (intransitive)] > continue at war

to hold, keep war or warsa1122

to keep the journeyc1330

to keep (also maintain) the field1433

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > continue the fight

to keep (also maintain) the field1433

1433 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. July 1433 §17. m. 16 My said lorde of Bedford hath..many and diverse dayes kept þe felde, redy to have foghtyn and delivered bataille to þe kynges enemyys.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. C.iii^v Then the lorde Admyrall saw that it was no tyme to kepe the felde, turned bacward in good ordre of battail & came to Calaice.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxix. 174 The forces of the Commonwealth keeping the field no longer.

1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode ii. i. 18 This tongue..may keep the field against a whole Army of Lawyers.

1771 ‘Claudero’ Misc. Prose & Verse (ed. 4) 91 Besides, perhaps, it is not civil, On Sundays to abuse the devil; Who, notwithstanding, keeps the field.

1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. ii. 58 Four knights were prepared to maintain the field against all comers.

1881 J. C. Hurd Theory our Nat. Existence v. 162 A certain amount of power to maintain the field, as against a government already existing, requires recognition as a belligerent force.

1940 M. B. Garrett European Hist. iii. xviii. 248 Under other commanders the imperial army, now purged of treason, kept the field.

1963 D. Rickey 40 Miles a Day 255 The Sioux and Cheyennes could not keep the field against an enemy that moved in all weather.

2002 Historian Fall 142 Technological innovation enabled the German army to keep the field against exponentially superior enemies longer than logic indicated.

b. To stay or retain one's place in or on, against opposition; as to keep the deck, to keep the saddle, to keep the field, to keep the stage, to keep one's seat, to keep one's ground.

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the mind > possession > retaining > retain or keep [verb (transitive)] > against opposition

holda1132

keep1600

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iv. vi. 2 Yet all is not done, yet keepe the French the field.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 99 The tempest continuing (our Boate not being able to keepe the Seas) we were constrained to seeke into a Creeke.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. i. 298 Only sixteen men, and eleven boys were capable of keeping the deck.

1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 14 555 Not a single tragedy of Beaumont and Fletcher's has been able to keep the stage.

1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. iv. 113 It [the story] kept its ground in spite of the interest..in distorting or suppressing it.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 579 The wonder is..that they were able to keep their seats.

1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 148 435/2 A first-class boat, capable of keeping the sea all the year round.

单词	to keep the field
释义	> as lemmas to keep (also maintain) the field a. to keep (also maintain) the field: to remain in position on the battlefield; to maintain one's position, to stand firm; also figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > wage war [verb (intransitive)] > continue at war to hold, keep war or warsa1122 to keep the journeyc1330 to keep (also maintain) the field1433 society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > continue the fight to keep (also maintain) the field1433 1433 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. July 1433 §17. m. 16 My said lorde of Bedford hath..many and diverse dayes kept þe felde, redy to have foghtyn and delivered bataille to þe kynges enemyys. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. C.iii^v Then the lorde Admyrall saw that it was no tyme to kepe the felde, turned bacward in good ordre of battail & came to Calaice. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxix. 174 The forces of the Commonwealth keeping the field no longer. 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode ii. i. 18 This tongue..may keep the field against a whole Army of Lawyers. 1771 ‘Claudero’ Misc. Prose & Verse (ed. 4) 91 Besides, perhaps, it is not civil, On Sundays to abuse the devil; Who, notwithstanding, keeps the field. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. ii. 58 Four knights were prepared to maintain the field against all comers. 1881 J. C. Hurd Theory our Nat. Existence v. 162 A certain amount of power to maintain the field, as against a government already existing, requires recognition as a belligerent force. 1940 M. B. Garrett European Hist. iii. xviii. 248 Under other commanders the imperial army, now purged of treason, kept the field. 1963 D. Rickey 40 Miles a Day 255 The Sioux and Cheyennes could not keep the field against an enemy that moved in all weather. 2002 Historian Fall 142 Technological innovation enabled the German army to keep the field against exponentially superior enemies longer than logic indicated. extracted from fieldn.¹ to keep the field b. To stay or retain one's place in or on, against opposition; as to keep the deck, to keep the saddle, to keep the field, to keep the stage, to keep one's seat, to keep one's ground. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > retain or keep [verb (transitive)] > against opposition holda1132 keep1600 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iv. vi. 2 Yet all is not done, yet keepe the French the field. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 99 The tempest continuing (our Boate not being able to keepe the Seas) we were constrained to seeke into a Creeke. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. i. 298 Only sixteen men, and eleven boys were capable of keeping the deck. 1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 14 555 Not a single tragedy of Beaumont and Fletcher's has been able to keep the stage. 1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. iv. 113 It [the story] kept its ground in spite of the interest..in distorting or suppressing it. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 579 The wonder is..that they were able to keep their seats. 1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 148 435/2 A first-class boat, capable of keeping the sea all the year round. extracted from keepv. < as lemmas
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