| 单词 | to stand in the breach |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stand in the breach c. esp. ‘A gap in a fortification made by a battery’ (Johnson). Hence to stand in the breach (often figurative). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > destruction of walls > breach made in walls breach1598 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 138 To ruinate their Curtine, and make good breaches. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 49 To come off the breach, with his pike bent brauely. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms cvi. 23 Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach [ Coverdale, gap]. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 363 The Town was easily gained by Scaling Ladders, and Breaches. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 428. ⁋2 No Soldier entering a Breach adventures more for Honour. 1799 Duke of Wellington Let. in Dispatches (1834) I. 29 On the 3rd of May the breach appeared to be practicable. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xiii. 184 Being the first to mount the breach . View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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