| 单词 | to tread lightly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tread lightly a. With little weight; with little pressure, force, or violence; not strongly; with a gentle action. Also figurative, esp. in to tread lightly: to act cautiously or moderately.For figurative use see also to sit lightly at sit v. Phrases 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > [adverb] lightlyeOE light1484 the world > movement > bodily movement > [adverb] > agilely or nimbly lighteOE lightly?a1200 wightlyc1330 deliverlya1375 swipperly?a1400 wakerly?a1400 wighta1400 yaplya1400 featlyc1400 nimblyc1450 lightsomely1561 nimble1568 wimbly1594 yarelya1616 yare1622 featilya1640 agilely1663 cleverly1686 spry1855 lissomely1902 spryly1905 cattishly1913 eOE Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) iii. ii. 308 Gnid to duste & do on þa eagan, þweah leohtlice mid wylle wætre. ?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 23 Þus þu hine scealt lacnian..: nim þanne godre butere tweȝen sticcan fulle and anne sticcan fulne huniȝes and wyll togadere and læt hine swelȝan þa sealfe leohtlice. c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 32 Seche ich..up-on ham..Lihtliche on alre earest, wið luueliche lates, wið steape bihaldunge eiðer on oðer. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 29419 If clerkes..Smites oþer lightli in gamen. ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. ff.iii Come on she sayd and walke on lyghtly. 1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 18 in Poems Some [Letters] cut in wood, some lightlier traced on slates. 1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xii. 208 Try how the Centers are pitcht, by Treading the Treddle lightly down. 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick 59 Boil very lightly one spoonful of white Copperas scrap'd. 1772 C. Bowles Draughtsmen's Assistant iii. 7 Sketch the whole very lightly with your Pencil or Charcoal. 1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms ii. 452 So lightly doth this little boat Upon the scarce-touch'd billows float. 1874 J. A. Symonds Sketches Italy & Greece (1898) I. ix. 182 Crimes of bloodshed..sat lightly on the adventurer's conscience. 1886 B. Nye Remarks 83 Her hand resting lightly on my arm. 1933 Pop. Mech. Nov. 776/1 Put a hose clamp around the cap, and tap it lightly while the clamp is being tightened. 1992 New Republic 1 June 11/1 Since it's not traditional Republican turf, Bush should tread lightly, offering disaster relief, then changing the subject. 2015 A. Bruce tr. A. Holt Dead Joker 208 She..ran her fingers lightly over the leather seat. < as lemmas |
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