单词 | to stage it |
释义 | > as lemmasto stage it a. intransitive. To travel by stage or stagecoach; to travel by stages; to journey over by stages; also to stage it. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > travel on (public vehicle) [verb (intransitive)] > travel by stagecoach stage1695 1695 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 19 144 This way..we assented to, as more eligible, than..to wander so far out of the Road, to have the same Ground to stage over again the next morning. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 34 A Set of these Rascals [Coolies]..bait them generously shall stage it a Month together. 1713 W. Darrell Gentleman Instructed (ed. 5) iii. vi. 420 [A traveller]..learns the great Mystery of Foreign Governments;..he stages (if I may say so) into Politicks, and rides Post into Business. 1819 S. T. Coleridge Lett., Conversat., & Recoll. I. 19 Riding, driving, or staging to London. 1840 F. Trollope Widow Married II. xv. 84 I wonder how the old lady came, whether she staged it, or posted? 1882 D. Pidgeon Engineer's Holiday I. 228 I staged three miles from its terminus to Leadville. < as lemmas |
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