单词 | to stand away |
释义 | > as lemmasto stand away to stand away 1. intransitive. To withdraw and take up a standing position at some distance (from a person or group, an activity or situation, etc.); to move back.In early use frequently in imperative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > to some distance elongc1500 to stand away1567 to stand off1600 1567 Triall of Treasure sig. C.iiv Beware the horse heles I auise you, stande awaye. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. ii. 16 Foh, prethee stand away . View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 5 Feb. (1948) I. 181 Come stand away, let me rise. 1809 E. Hall Nolens Volens ii. i. 23 Stand away you potatoe peeling, if you wont assist us. 1993 M. Behr Smell of Apples (1996) 112 She stands away from the door and says to Mum: ‘Now you go and have a good holiday, Mrs Erasmus.’ 2. intransitive. Nautical. To direct one's course away (from a coast, region, vessel, etc.). Cf. main sense 41b. Now rare.In quot. 1982 in a work of historical fiction. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > sail away from shore or ships to stand off1591 to stand away1600 to bear away1614 to stand out to sea1625 outstand1866 off1882 1600 R. Davie in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 579 We perceiuing no fit place to land, by reason of the sea, stood away some league to the West-ward, about a litle head-land. 1680 London Gaz. No. 1551/4 They no sooner discovered the Guernsey to be a Man of War, but they Tacked and stood away with all the Sail they could make. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 10 We resolv'd to stand away from the Canaries, to the Coast of Brasil. 1845 J. Coulter Adventures Pacific xi. 140 In two days more we left this anchorage, and stood away towards the north-east. 1924 Youth's Compan. 29 May 370/4 The sailing ship stood away on her course. 1982 R. Woodman King's Cutter v. 53 She would give them the other before standing away to the south south eastward on the larboard tack. < as lemmas |
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