英语词汇“to set foot forward”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 set foot forward: to move forward, advance; (also) to quicken one's pace. Frequently in figurative contexts. rare in later use.

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the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (intransitive)] > increase speed > in walking or running

to set foot forward1548

to stretch one's legs1653

society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (intransitive)] > advance

to set foot forward1548

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xviii He..neuer set fote forward duryng the first. ii. monethes, for the reisyng of the siege.

1563 A. Golding tr. L. Bruni Hist. Warres Imperialles & Gothes To Rdr. sig. b.iii So hard and difficult a matter is it to stoppe a mischief of the course, when it ones hath gotten the reynes in the necke, and hathe set foote forward to runne the race.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. (1609) iii. xxvii. 106 Willing them to set foot forward, to mend their pace and make speed.

1666 J. Bunyan Sighs from Hell (ed. 2) 123 How willingly wilt thou set foot forward towards the Lake of Fire?

1722 J. Williamson Scope & Substance of Marrow of Mod. Divinity i. iii. 84 When Believers are first awakened,..and set Foot forward to go on in the Way of Life, they..would be hired Servants.

1896 J. Douglas Sterrett Power of Thought ii. x. 95 But thought halts not. It sets foot forward on new and ever newer ground, advancing from conquest to conquest.

1905 Theosophical Rev. Mar. 26 Yet he set foot forward boldly, and it seemed to him that leagues of flame raced by him.

单词	to set foot forward
释义	> as lemmas to set foot forward (a) †to set foot forward: to move forward, advance; (also) to quicken one's pace. Frequently in figurative contexts. rare in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (intransitive)] > increase speed > in walking or running to set foot forward1548 to stretch one's legs1653 society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (intransitive)] > advance to set foot forward1548 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xviii He..neuer set fote forward duryng the first. ii. monethes, for the reisyng of the siege. 1563 A. Golding tr. L. Bruni Hist. Warres Imperialles & Gothes To Rdr. sig. b.iii So hard and difficult a matter is it to stoppe a mischief of the course, when it ones hath gotten the reynes in the necke, and hathe set foote forward to runne the race. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. (1609) iii. xxvii. 106 Willing them to set foot forward, to mend their pace and make speed. 1666 J. Bunyan Sighs from Hell (ed. 2) 123 How willingly wilt thou set foot forward towards the Lake of Fire? 1722 J. Williamson Scope & Substance of Marrow of Mod. Divinity i. iii. 84 When Believers are first awakened,..and set Foot forward to go on in the Way of Life, they..would be hired Servants. 1896 J. Douglas Sterrett Power of Thought ii. x. 95 But thought halts not. It sets foot forward on new and ever newer ground, advancing from conquest to conquest. 1905 Theosophical Rev. Mar. 26 Yet he set foot forward boldly, and it seemed to him that leagues of flame raced by him. extracted from footn.int. < as lemmas
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