| 单词 | to wait about, about one, on every side |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wait about, about one, on every side a. intransitive. To keep watch; to look intently. Also with adverb or phrase, to wait about, about one, on every side, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > take note, observe [verb (intransitive)] awaitc1300 wait1338 animadvertc1550 comment1597 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > keep watch [verb (intransitive)] wait1338 to do, make waitc1440 to lay watch?a1475 invigilate1553 advigilate1623 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 120 Hir frendes fulle fast waited aboute & woke, & Mald at þe last kyng Steuen scho toke. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. viii. 128 And þorw heore wordes I awok and waitide [MS. V. lokede] aboute, And sauh [etc.]. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 343 I wayted wisloker, and thanne was it soiled With lykyng of lecherye, as by lokyng of his eye. a1400–50 Wars Alex. 1585 And as he waytis in a wra, þan was he ware sone Of þe maister of þat meneyhe. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2163 Þenne he wayted hym aboute. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1423 He waytez onwyde, his wenches he byholdes. c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 1815 Sho..waited obout fer and ner. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vi. xvi. 209 Ther with he wayted aboue hym and vnder hym, and ouer his hede he sawe a rownsepyk. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox & Wolf l. 763 in Poems (1981) 33 On euerilk syde full warlie couth he wait. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 876 He waites vmbe hym wightly, & was ware sone Of þe orible oxin. 1598 Floure & Leafe in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 366/2 Wherefore I waited about busily On euery syde if I her might see. < as lemmas |
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