单词 | to walk guard |
释义 | > as lemmasto walk guard a. transitive. To follow or go over (a prescribed route) in the course of official duty (cf. to go (also walk, march, etc.) one's round (also rounds) at round n.1 24); to walk guard, said esp. of a sentinel. Also intransitive: to go on foot in procession; to follow a prescribed route in the course of official duty. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > traverse on foot [verb (transitive)] > in the course of official duty walka1430 pound1890 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > round > in the course of duty round?1533 to go (also make, pace, walk, etc.) the rounds (also round)1580 walk1594–1600 society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go in procession to go, walk (etc.) in (formerly also on, to, with) processionOE procession1706 processionize1774 process1814 walk1863 society > armed hostility > defence > action or duty of sentry or picket > act as sentry or picket [verb (intransitive)] sentinel1593 to stand sentry1728 picket1775 sentry1910 to walk guard1930 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > watch or keep guard [verb (intransitive)] > act as or go on patrol round?1533 patrol1648 to walk guard1930 punt1970 to have a punt around1974 a1430 in M. Sellers York Memorandum Bk. (1915) II. 180 (MED) A man of the a crafte and a man of the tother crafte suld walke to gyder yerely, and gedyr uppe thair pageant sylver of men of bathe craftes. c1430 De statutis Typerarie in E. G. Stanley & T. F. Hoad Words: for Robert Burchfield's 65th Birthday 42 Ther shall no Keheryn tye [i.e. household troops] walke þe countre. 1449 in J. C. Tingey Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. 288 (MED) It is ordeyned..that þt crafte in which þe Mayr..is inrolled shall ryde and walke next afore the Mayr at the tyme of his ridyng, and at all oþer rydynges and walkynges to the worshipp of the said crafte. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) viii. v. 30 That he walke not..The perambulat waye. 1580 A. Saker Narbonus i. 136 There must thou watch at thy Warde, and stand thy sentinell: bee one in the still watch, or walke thy Round. 1594–1600 Min. Archdeaconry Colchester (MS.) 99 b 19 Apr. 1596. Our perambulacion was not walked through the defalte of our vicar. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 112 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The Sheriffe of the Shire, whose peculiar Office it is to walke up and downe his Bayli-wicke,..to snatch up all those Runnagates [etc.]. 1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. D2v Dreames, and phantasticke visions walke the round About my widdowed bed. 1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 102 Octavian coms accompanyed with his friend Leobell to walke his accustomed round. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 58 I was permitted to walke the round, and view the Workes. 1706 Cerealia 125 Whilst black pots walk the round with laughing Ale Surcharg'd. 1716 B. Grosvenor Health p. i The pestilential Diseases that have..walked their Rounds in Germany, Poland..and some Parts of France. 1718 E. Settle Lady's Triumph iii. 23 Lie close till he has walk'd his Round, and the Coast will be clear again presently. 1821 J. Baillie Malcolm's Heir in Metrical Legends iii The Swathed Knight walks his rounds. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert vii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. II. 264 If the lovers have agreed, Agelastes, it is probable, walks his round, to prevent intrusion. 1835 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. xxi. 364 He continued to walk the round of his duties. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. ii. 18 He..was to walk in procession as Latin Secretary. 1930 F. A. Pottle Stretchers 51 In France we always wore large automatics when we walked guard. 1992 Jrnl. Social Hist. 26 324 In this decentralized era of American history, the fundamental unit of urban government, politics, and society was the neighborhood where the patrolman walked his rounds. 2003 J. T. Hartman Tank Driver viii. 54 I was walking guard when we received orders to move to a point northeast of Neufchateau, Belgium, and prepare to enter battle. < as lemmas |
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