单词 | to put aside |
释义 | > as lemmasto put aside to put aside 1. transitive. To set, move, or place to one side; to part, separate. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 67v Eueriche dede body hatte..sepultus, I-buried, for he is I-put a side [L. seorsum pulsus], I-buryed vndir þerþe. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Susanna 51 Put these two asyde one from another. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xxiii. 725 They put the meale aside with their stirrers. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxv. 175 Hee that..shall with a needle put aside the short and sheathie cases on their [sc. the earwigs'] backe, may extend and draw forth two winges. View more context for this quotation a1763 T. Godfrey Prince of Parthia (1765) i. ii. 106 Didst thou observe the croud, their eagerness, Each put the next aside to catch a look? 1790 J. Hurdis Poems 77 A sudden effort put her veil aside. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan 139 All the women,..sitting bolt upright,..their feet cuddled up, under their petticoats—or put aside. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. v. 109 My poor lathen dagger puts aside Each pass o' the Bilboa. 1988 P. Fussell Taking it all off in Balkans 209 Effeminate or butch mannerisms don't do much to define identity..once the drapes are put aside. 2. transitive. a. To place or set out of use or consideration; to cease to make use of. Also figurative: to disregard, reject, dismiss. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > refrain from using [verb (transitive)] > discard from use to cast asidea1420 to throw aside1532 to put, set or lay by1535 to throw down1548 to throw by1582 to cast by1599 supersede1642 slab1835 to put aside1872 a1450 in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 93 (MED) I wante my wille, and euel fare y, Fro worldly merþe put o syde. a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 47 (MED) The seyd Prior..shuld calle the partyes & here the cause by-twene hem, appele put a-syde..&..he shuld make a dewe ende by-twene hem. 1542 T. Becon Newe Pathway vnto Praier xxix. sig. M.vij Yt al Ante christes, Papistes [etc.]..submoued & put asyde, true Euangelystes..maye reygne among vs vniuersallye. 1583 R. Greene Mamillia 35 I wil now put al fear aside: for a faint hart was neuer fauoured of fortune. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xx. viii. 156 Putting aside flatterie, the very nourice of vices, set your mind upon iustice. 1693 A. Wood Diary 15 June in A. Clark Life & Times A. Wood (1894) III. 424 Peter Wood of that house stood; put aside, as 'twas then said, because he was too precise and religious and therefore not fit to make a societie man. 1739 J. Miller Hosp. for Fools 8 A very palpable Folly indeed. Mercury, put him aside too. 1788 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) IV. 194 I put aside the disagreeable feel of exciting that wonder. 1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) II. i. iii. 125 Let us put aside theories and disputable points. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton ii She told him he must put aside his uniform while in England. 1895 R. L. Stevenson Amateur Emigrant 96 We had on board with us a man whose evidence it would not do to put aside. 1914 St. Nicholas May 609/2 Most pitchers at this stage put aside the spitter, and use the fast ball. 1973 K. Lines Greek Legends 63 Desiring adventure, he put aside the lyre, and leaving his cradle went abroad. 2001 Spectator 7 July 18/3 For a month I put aside the books and the music, and watched TV. b. To set apart, reserve, or store for future use or consideration, or to be dealt with in a certain way; esp. to set aside (money, etc.) against future need. Cf. to put away 3c at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > store [verb (transitive)] > reserve reservea1382 keepa1400 sparea1400 savea1450 to put by1568 to put aside1569 to set byc1595 sepose1609 seposit1657 to lay aside1711 to set away1747 to lay by1786 to lay (also put) past1847 to put away1861 1569 T. Becon Princ. Christian Relig. (new ed.) sig. Hvii As concerning the gathering for the Sainctes, let euery one of you, vpon some Sabbaoth day, put aside & lay vp what soeuer is meete. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xv. 93 The dung put aside for the fatting of the medowes. 1654 E. Leigh Syst. Divinity vi. xxix. 597 He must..put aside some such summe as his present abundance may well spare. 1805 Kirby's Wonderful & Eccentric Museum 3 17 He went into the kitchen, took some nuts which had been put aside for him, cracked them with his teeth and began to eat them. 1888 G. Gissing Life's Morning III. xix. 110 The shopman put them aside, to be made into a parcel. 1925 Amer. Mercury Feb. 176/2 Every man over the age of forty should put aside a certain amount of money each year for use as a nonsense fund. 1957 J. Bishop Day Christ Died (1959) 96 He broke the matzoth, and put one aside—called the Aphiqomon—which was to be eaten after supper. 1991 J. Chang Wild Swans (1993) vi. 173 From the moment a baby girl was born, her mother would start putting things aside for her dowry. < as lemmas |
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