单词 | to stand aback |
释义 | > as lemmasto stand aback to stand aback intransitive. To move backwards and take up a standing position further away (from something or someone). Also (now chiefly) in extended and figurative use: to distance oneself (from something or someone), esp. emotionally. Cf. to stand back at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat > out of the way to give rooma1350 to stand backc1390 to make way?a1425 to stand aback?a1439 to make rooma1450 roomc1450 give wayc1515 to give by1633 shunt1869 to move over1914 extend2000 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. l. 56 (MED) I stood chekmaat for feer whan I gan see In my weie how litil I hadde runne..So ferr I stood a-bak in my passage. 1637 S. Rutherford Let. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 27 Keep your self in the love of Christ, & stand far aback from the pollutions of the world. 1793 R. Gray Poems 67 What hell it is to stand aback, And darna speak, but take their crack. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. iii. 69 Stand aback, my masters..for this concerneth no ears but mine. 1989 Jrnl. Psychotherapy & Family 6 23 He obviously commanded great respect from his adult caretakers, who admired him, but stood aback from his activity. 2016 Falmouth Packet (Nexis) 27 July At a time when there is understandable anxiety and real fear on the part of many there is a tendency to stand aback from others and to build metaphorical walls between us. < as lemmas |
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