| 单词 | to stay hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stay (one's own or another's) hand c. with object a limb or activity of the body, a weapon, etc.; esp. to stay (one's own or another's) hand (chiefly figurative, to cease or cause to cease from attack or working). Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] i-swikec893 swikec897 atwindc1000 linOE studegieOE stintc1175 letc1200 stuttea1225 leavec1225 astint1250 doc1300 finec1300 blina1325 cease1330 stable1377 resta1382 ho1390 to say or cry ho1390 resta1398 astartc1400 discontinuec1425 surcease1428 to let offc1450 resista1475 finish1490 to lay a straw?a1505 to give over1526 succease1551 to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556 end1557 to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560 stick1574 stay1576 to draw bridle1577 to draw rein1577 to set down one's rest1589 overgive1592 absist1614 subsista1639 beholdc1650 unbridle1653 to knock offa1657 acquiesce1659 to set (up) one's rest1663 sista1676 stop1689 to draw rein1725 subside1734 remit1765 to let up1787 to wind (up) one's pirna1835 to cry crack1888 to shut off1896 to pack in1906 to close down1921 to pack up1925 to sign off1929 1560 Bible (Geneva) Dan. iv. 35 And none can stay his hand, nor say vnto him, What doest thou? 1579 S. Gosson Apol. Schoole of Abuse in Ephemerides Phialo f. 92 But I stay my hande till I see his booke. 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades iv. 65 The golden buckle of my belt..hath surely stayde the blow. a1600 Floddan Field (1664) iii. 25 Himself set forth in seemly aray, And neither stint nor staid his foot. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iii. 83 Stay, stay thy hands, thou art an Amazon. View more context for this quotation 1800 W. Wordsworth Pet-lamb in Lyrical Ballads (ed. 2) II. 140 But ere ten yards were gone her footsteps did she stay. 1877 J. Tyndall in Daily News 2 Oct. 2/5 That power did not work with delusions, nor will it stay its hand when such are removed. 1880 R. G. White Every-day Eng. xx. 303 My tongue is tied and my hand is stayed. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。