| 单词 | to stand at livery |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stand at livery at livery: (of a horse) stabled, fed, and groomed for the owner at a fixed charge; frequently to stand at livery (cf. stand v. 7). Similarly to livery.extracted from liveryn.to stand at livery ΚΠ 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet D ij b They finde all themselues good meales, and stand at liuerie as it were, at other mens tables. 1611 in T. Coryate Crudities sig. a3v And here he disdaind not, in a forraine land To lie at Liuory, while the Horses did stand. a1625 J. Fletcher Chances iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbbv/2 Best hang a signe-post up, to tell the Signiors, Here ye may have lewdnesse at Liverie. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 157 In whose [sc. Venus'] temple at Corinth two hundred maids daily stood at livery. 1773 D. Garrick Chances iii. i. 32 Best hang a sign-post up, to tell the rakes, Here you may have wenches at livery. 1788 Amicable Quixote I. iv. 113 ‘The Rainbow;’—ay, that's where servants stand at livery. 1866 W. S. Gilbert Ruy Blas i. 52 My fellow-servants mock my weakness ivery, And bait me so, because I stand at livery! < as lemmas |
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