单词 | to spring into being |
释义 | > as lemmasto spring into being 33. intransitive. To come into existence; to suddenly appear or show signs of life. Also in to spring forth, to spring to life, to spring into being in the same sense. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > [verb (intransitive)] > come into existence awakenc885 waxc888 arisec950 beOE comeOE aspringc1000 atspringOE growOE to come upOE inrisea1300 breedc1385 upspringc1386 takec1391 to come in?c1430 engender?1440 uprise1471 braird?a1500 risea1513 insurde1521 insurge1523 spring1538 to start up1568 exsurge1578 upstart1580 become1605 born1609 1538 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Sarcerius Common Places of Script. f. lxiiv It is lauful to put of violence with violence, & such like, which lawes be sprong forth of the noughty affections of our nature. 1590 R. Hitchcock tr. F. Sansovino Quintesence of Wit f. 38 Affaires spring foorth of affaires, and Time dooth gouerne them. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 334 Mean while The World shall burn, and from her ashes spring New Heav'n and Earth. View more context for this quotation 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 130 Springs a palace in its stead, But in a distant spot. 1813 T. Busby tr. Lucretius Nature of Things I. i. 1055 Nought that beneath the etherial concave grows, Had sprang to life, or to perfection rose. 1889 H. Zimmern Hansa Towns 92 The middle class sprang into full being..as a link between the nobility and the common people. 1919 Liverpool Jrnl. Commerce 20 Nov. 6/4 Within the past few months regular air post services have sprung into being. 1955 D. Eden Darling Clementine (1959) 8 A bundly shape in the corner moved and sprang to life. 2004 Q Sept. 159/2 Director Eve Wood's superb documentary explores the electronic scene that sprung to life in the Steel City during the late '70s. < as lemmas |
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