英语词汇“to spy out the land”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. To make stealthy observations in (a country or place) from hostile motives. Also with out, esp. in to spy out the land; frequently figurative.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > observe or watch

spya1400

wait1399

espyc1405

watch1487

gate?1590

to look sharp1680

stag1796

to keep one's eyes peeled1844

to skin one's eyes1851

to peel one's eyes1875

to take sights1934

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > examine or inspect > find out or seek out by

spy1535

a1400 Coer de L. 718 With velanye Ye be come my londe to spye, And sum treson me for to don!

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4824 Þan said ioseph,..‘Bot er yee comen þe land to spi?’

1457 J. Hardyng Chron. in Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. (1912) 751 [He] gafe me in commaundement Scotlonde to spye..How that it myght bene hostayed and distroyed.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 490 The toune he spyit, and that forthocht we sone.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Num. xiii. A The men, whom Moses sent forth to spye out the lande.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Num. xiii. B They went vp, & spyed the lande.

1626 W. Gouge Dignitie Chivalrie §3 Those choice men which were..sent to spie the Land of Canaan.

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxii. 77 He sente two small Barques..to spy the Port, and sound the depth of the river.

1913 J. Galsworthy Dark Flower iii. v. 230 What had Dromore come for? To spy out the land, discover why Lennan and his wife thought nothing of the world ‘outside’.

1936 A. Christie ABC Murders xv. 112 This man must have been spying out the land beforehand and discovered your brother's habit of taking an evening stroll.

1958 P. H. Newby Ten Miles from Anywhere 124 Maybe you think I'm up to no good? A poultry thief spying out the land.

1979 A. Boyle Climate of Treason i. 32 An unofficial representative of the new Soviet régime arrived in London to spy out the land not long after the 1918 Armistice.

单词	to spy out the land
释义	> as lemmas to spy out the land b. To make stealthy observations in (a country or place) from hostile motives. Also with out, esp. in to spy out the land; frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > observe or watch spya1400 wait1399 espyc1405 watch1487 gate?1590 to look sharp1680 stag1796 to keep one's eyes peeled1844 to skin one's eyes1851 to peel one's eyes1875 to take sights1934 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > examine or inspect > find out or seek out by spy1535 a1400 Coer de L. 718 With velanye Ye be come my londe to spye, And sum treson me for to don! a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4824 Þan said ioseph,..‘Bot er yee comen þe land to spi?’ 1457 J. Hardyng Chron. in Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. (1912) 751 [He] gafe me in commaundement Scotlonde to spye..How that it myght bene hostayed and distroyed. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 490 The toune he spyit, and that forthocht we sone. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Num. xiii. A The men, whom Moses sent forth to spye out the lande. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Num. xiii. B They went vp, & spyed the lande. 1626 W. Gouge Dignitie Chivalrie §3 Those choice men which were..sent to spie the Land of Canaan. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxii. 77 He sente two small Barques..to spy the Port, and sound the depth of the river. 1913 J. Galsworthy Dark Flower iii. v. 230 What had Dromore come for? To spy out the land, discover why Lennan and his wife thought nothing of the world ‘outside’. 1936 A. Christie ABC Murders xv. 112 This man must have been spying out the land beforehand and discovered your brother's habit of taking an evening stroll. 1958 P. H. Newby Ten Miles from Anywhere 124 Maybe you think I'm up to no good? A poultry thief spying out the land. 1979 A. Boyle Climate of Treason i. 32 An unofficial representative of the new Soviet régime arrived in London to spy out the land not long after the 1918 Armistice. extracted from spyv. < as lemmas
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