单词 | to stand attention |
释义 | > as lemmasto stand (at, to) attention b. to stand (at, to) attention: to stand in the military attitude assumed at the word of command ‘Attention!’ Also to draw oneself up, spring, etc., to attention. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > drill or training > drill [verb (intransitive)] > stand to attention to stand shouldered1811 to draw oneself up, spring, etc., to attention1859 to come to attention1870 1859 G. J. Whyte-Melville Holmby House (1860) xviii. 276 He..stood gaunt and dripping at ‘attention’. 1866 G. J. Whyte-Melville Cerise (ed. 3) I. i. 11 Like a soldier who springs to ‘attention’. 1879 H. Hartigan Stray Leaves ser. ii. 146 He drew himself up to attention, and performed the lance exercise. 1879 H. Hartigan Stray Leaves ser. ii. 181 The old man was standing at attention. 1892 R. Kipling & W. Balestier Naulahka xxi. 259 A trooper..stood to attention at the horse's head. 1893 St. Nicholas Mag. Jan. 182/1 He..stood attention respectfully. 1895 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 633 He..saluted, and stood at attention. 1896 H. S. Merriman Sowers ix The..keepers..standing stiffly to attention. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 8 Make the patient ‘stand attention’. < as lemmas |
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