| 单词 | to set footing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set (or put) (a) footing ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] gangeOE walkinga1325 ambulation1554 footing1567 sashaying1935 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] to go ineOE ingoc900 to come inOE incomec1000 infarec1000 enterc1325 enderc1330 ingressc1330 entera1382 to fall inc1384 usha1400 to get ina1425 to step in1534 to set (or put) (a) footing1567 invade1590 to take in1595 to hop in (also out)1914 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] walkinga1325 spacingc1485 ambulation1554 footing1567 hoofing1652 Shanks' (or Shanks's) mare, ponya1774 pedestrianizing1799 pedestrianism1808 ankle express1887 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > stepping > a step, pace, or tread stepsc1000 pacea1350 treadc1400 footstepc1440 treadingsc1440 footing1567 traces1613 footfalla1616 1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. f. 85v The Princely Pallas, all at once set footing on the sand [L. graminibus..inposuere pedes]. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 61 He stutted, apaled: And fixt his footing. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xv. 163 For that man hath not so long a sight, nor so nimble and swift footing as were needeful. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads x. 294 This man makes footing towards thee, Out of the tents. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. ii. 87 Seeke not a Scorpions Nest, Nor set no footing on this vnkinde Shore. View more context for this quotation 1637 G. Daniel Genius of Isle 431 Recall thy footings thence, Wander not in Darke waies. 1642 Remonstr. concerning Church & Kingdom Ireland 7 They will, with the assistance of Spaine and France, set footing in England. 1735 T. C. Phillips Happy Courtezan 5 Prude R—..had Eunuchs tasted, long before You e'er set Footing on the British Shore. 1791 A. Clinton Morality I. xxiv. 272 Whosoever acknowledges Jesus Christ for his master, should not put footing into this school. 1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 60 Towards him they bent Their footing through the dews. 1888 I. R. Baxley Prophet & Other Poems 52 The footing of their noiseless feet. < as lemmas |
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