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单词 to stop a gap
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to stop a gap
b. esp. in phrases. to stand in the gap: to act as defender. to open a gap: to give access, afford passage or opportunity. to stop a gap: to close a breach, secure a weak point, prevent attack. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defend [verb (transitive)] > screen or shelter from attack
shadow1489
to stop a gap1535
shelter1667
to cover a siege1693
screen1870
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > give access
open1419
to open a gap1535
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xiii. 5 They stonde not in the gappes, nether make they an hedge for the house of Israel.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xxii. 30.
a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 273 So dangerous a matter it is to open once the gap to errors and heresies.
a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 21 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Such a gapp of mischeife lyes open thereby, that I could wish it were well stopped.
1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 5 To stoppe that gappe, I will answere, that Chaucers woorkes haue byn sithens printed twyce.
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes i. §45. 77 When there is none to stand in the gap, how should his wrath be stayed?
1664 Keymer's Observ. Dutch Fishing in Phenix (1721) II. 225 To open the Gap of Traffick, and to make fulness of Trade.
c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) II. 116 As if it opened a gap to all manner of licentiousness.
1757 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 508 The inhabitants see, and are convinced of this, which makes each family afraid of standing in the gap of danger.
extracted from gapn.1
to stop a gap
to stop a gap: see gap n.1 1, 2.extracted from stopv.
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