单词 | to stand before |
释义 | > as lemmasto stand before —— to stand before —— ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > attend as servant [verb (intransitive)] followeOE to stand before ——OE wait1526 to wait attendancea1593 attenda1616 tenda1616 OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) i. 19 Ic eom Gabriel, ic þe stande beforan Gode, & ic eom asend wið þe sprecan. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 206 Witt tu þatt icc amm gabriæl Þatt æfre & æfre stannde. Biforenn godd to lutenn himm. a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 19 Loke ye do yure seruise als ye stode by-fore god almihti. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 211 The child..stode atte borde before the Erle, and served hym curtesly [a1500 Harl. gentilmanly stode afore him]. 2. intransitive. To come or be brought into the presence of (a person or group having authority, such as a king, a judge, a tribunal, etc.), esp. for judgement. Also in extended and figurative use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > be present at [verb (transitive)] > be in the presence of to stand before ——OE to see face to (also with) face1340 OE West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) xiii. 9 Ge standað beforan demum & cyningum for minum naman. c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) l. 292 Hwen ȝe stondeð biuoren kinges & eorles, ne þenche ȝe neauer hwet ne hu ȝe schulen seggen. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 520 For as the lomb toward his deeth is broght So stant this Innocent bifore the kyng. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rev. xx. 12 And I sawe the deed, both grett and smale stonde before God. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. F3v If I can Stand before you..And never shew..feare To see my Lines Excathedrated here. 1778 J. Murray Lect. upon Bk. Revelation I. i. 39 No man will appear by representation, nor act by proxy, but every one in his own person, and for his own interest, must stand before Jesus Christ. 1819 S. Rogers Human Life 49 Alone before his judges in array [He] Stands for his life. 1964 R. D. Abrahams Deep down in Jungle ii. iv. 135 I was standing before some jive-ass judge and ten other men. 1996 Washington Post 18 Aug. c3/1 Chicago will be like an old reprobate standing before the court of public opinion. 2007 Guardian (Nexis) 14 Nov. 32 They are standing before the tribunal despite a court ruling that found the president's decision to transfer them to a military tribunal ‘unconstitutional’. 3. intransitive. To confront, hold one's ground against (an adversary). Usually in negative constructions. Also in extended use. Cf. main sense 8a.Now chiefly South Asian or with reference or allusion to biblical passages. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > resist > maintain resistance against to stand before ——OE bearOE tholec1175 sustainc1330 last1340 suffera1387 support1483 outstand1571 hold1592 to hold outa1616 ridea1649 brunt1800 to stand up to1921 OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Exod. (Claud.) ix.11 Swa þæt ða dryas ne mihton standan beforan Moyse for ðam wundum þe him on wæron. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10667 Her stondeð us biuoren vre ifan alle icoren. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Josh. vii. 13 Þou shalt not mowe stonde byfore þyn enemyes to þe tyme þat he be doon awey fro þe þat is defouled wiþ þis hydous gult. 1598 T. Stoughton Gen. Treat. against Poperie 155 Yea the Lord saith they could not stand before their enemies. 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 51 None was able to stand before him either by Sea or Land. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 92 Nothing could stand before them, the Spanish Army..was every where defeated. 1879 M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. xlviii. 485 The Cavaliers could not stand before them. 1942 N.Y. Amsterdam Star-News 24 Jan. 12/1 Who could stand before that ever-charging, ever-hitting little buzz-saw? 2014 Early Times (India) (Nexis) 16 Jan. The army was called upon to counter the onslaught of terrorists by the civil administration as the state's police could not stand before the highly dreaded terrorists. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > protect or defend [verb (transitive)] > by interposing to stand before ——c1275 closec1430 fence1549 bestride1579 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12945 For ȝif he cumeð a-bolȝen mid his balu-ræsen. nes he neuere iboren þe maȝen stonden [c1300 Otho stonde] þe biuoren. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > action of game > [verb (transitive)] to give the bay toc1515 bay1575 make a bay at1579 to fling off1711 run1781 to stand before ——1827 fault1873 blink1876 1827 Sporting Mag. Nov. 50/2 They next found a fox in a willow-bed at Sandonbridge, which stood before the hounds, without a check, one hour and seven minutes. 1892 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 26 Nov. 400/3 A bag fox stood before hounds for two hours and a quarter till the pack were called off. 1901 Western Times 29 Oct. 2/6 This gallant fox stood before hounds for 58 minutes in the open..and finally beat them within 2½ miles of the place where he was found. < as lemmas |
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