| 单词 | to serve in some, no stead |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto serve (one) in some, no stead ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)] helpc1000 goodOE steadc1175 to do (one) boot?c1225 advancec1330 profitc1330 availc1384 servea1398 vaila1400 vailc1400 prevail1442 advantage?1459 vantagec1460 bootc1540 benefit1549 conduce?1577 to serve (one) in some, no stead1601 bonify1603 answer1756 better1833 to stand to ——1841 to stand (a person or thing) in (good, etc.) stead1887 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > be useless for [verb (transitive)] > be of no use to to stand (a person) in (great, no, etc.) service1542 to serve (one) in some, no stead1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. viii. xv. 200 His hornes bend so inward..that they serve him in no steed at all for fight. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 405 We knew the Convoy he intended us, would serve us in no stead. 1678 Spanish Hist. 170 What stead would the Queens word then serve me in. 1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Rochester (1692) 46 I told him all his speculations of Philosophy would not serve him in any stead. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. vii. 34 I am glad I have made the Experiment, it may serve me in some stead. < as lemmas |
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