单词 | to lay to |
释义 | > as lemmasto lay to to lay to 1. transitive. To place in juxtaposition; to apply (a medicinal remedy) to the body; also to lay to one's ear, to listen to, obey; to lay to the deaf ear, to turn a deaf ear. Obsolete.In the Wyclif quots. merely a literalism of translation. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (intransitive)] > listen > listen to listc897 harkc1175 to open one's earsa1200 listenc1290 to listen onc1330 tend1340 to lay to one's eara1382 attend1447 hearken to1526 to listen one's ears (or an ear) toa1533 to hear to1833 the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > place near > place adjacent to lay toa1382 shoulder1591 jowl1654 juxtaposita1680 neighbour1791 juxtapose1851 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (intransitive)] > listen > refuse to listen to stop (one's own or another's) ear or ears1340 to lend a deaf earc1480 to lay to the deaf eara1500 to have (also put on) merchant's ears1593 solder1642 the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [verb (transitive)] > apply remedy to plastera1398 medicinea1425 to lay to1551 medicate1623 pathologize1649 medicament1850 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Eccles. viii. 16 I leide to [L. apposui] myn herte. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. ii. 4 Alle that to thee shul ben leid to [L. quod tibi applicitum fuerit]. c1400 Rom. Rose 2660 Than shalt thou stoupe, and lay to ere, If they within a-slepe be. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xvi. 261 The carll leide to the deef ere. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid i. Prol. 488 To ilk cunnand wicht lay to my eir. 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. F jv The leues of this herbe layd to with salt. ?1561 Syr Tryamoure (new ed.) sig. Av If ye wyll..laye to youre eere Of aduentres ye shall here. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health iv. 23 Being laide too outwardly as a medecine. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 262 The leaues..of Ephedros brought into a liniment and laid too, do discusse and dissolue them. 1620 Hist. Frier Rush sig. C3 He made a great fire and set on the pot, and layed to the spit. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] beginc1000 onginOE aginOE ginc1175 to go tillc1175 to take onc1175 comsea1225 fanga1225 to go toc1275 i-ginc1275 commencec1320 to get (also get down, go, go adown, set, set down) to workc1400 to lay to one's hand(sc1405 to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410 to set toc1425 standa1450 to make to1563 to fall to it1570 to start out1574 to fall to1577 to run upon ——1581 to break off1591 start1607 to set in1608 to set to one's hands1611 to put toa1616 to fall ona1625 in1633 to fall aboard1642 auspicatea1670 to set out1693 to enter (into) the fray1698 open1708 to start in1737 inchoate1767 to set off1774 go1780 start1785 to on with1843 to kick off1857 to start in on1859 to steam up1860 to push off1909 to cut loose1923 to get (also put) the show on the road1941 to get one's arse in gear1948 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > bring or put into use travaila1382 to bring inc1384 employ1429 inveigh1547 innovate1548 to put into (also in) practice1553 to lay to1560 induct1615 produce1697 take1732 unlimber1867 phase1949 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) 841 Ley hond to, euery man. c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) i. xxxix Our lorde..layeth to his honde and smyteth down the deuyll. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 603/1 I laye to my hande to helpe that a thyng maye be doone. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxviii. [cxix.] 126 It is tyme for the (o Lorde) to laye to thine honde. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxxxiij With all hys force and power, he layeth to all hys munition. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 74 Lay too all the might you can make. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 249 Monster, lay to your fingers: helpe to beare this away. View more context for this quotation a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 20 Lay to your armes, and help..afford. 3. intransitive (Nautical) To come to a stationary position with the head towards the wind; = to lie by 2 at lie v.1 Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > support (an amount of) sail [verb (intransitive)] > lie to trya1584 to lie by1623 to lay by1697 to lie to1711 to lay to1798 1798 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) III. 20 The Terpsichore..continued to lay to under bare poles. 1866 R. M. Ballantyne Shifting Winds (1881) xiii. 131 [He] was obliged to lay-to until daylight, as the weather was thick. < as lemmas |
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