单词 | to win the field |
释义 | > as lemmasto win the field (a) To be victorious in (a contest of any kind, as a battle, game, race, action at law, etc.). Also to win the field. (Cf. to win the victory at sense 6b)Formerly used with a wider range of object (e.g. conquest, exploit). to win the day: see day n. 13. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > win (a victory or battle) overcomec1275 getc1330 win1338 vanquisha1400 conquerc1475 conquest1485 obtain1530 import1598 gain1725 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > win (any contest or prize) win1338 vanquisha1400 to bear away?1506 obtain1530 conquer1676 gain1725 ice1908 to take out1977 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 24 Tuo & tuenty batailes he wanne þe first ȝere. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7793 Dauid had gin him batail kene; Wit godds grace þe feild he wan. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1747 The meyne [sc. chessmen] were I-set vp; & gon to pley fast: Beryn wan the first, þe second, & þe þird. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iii. 38 The tonges of aduocates..must be had yf thou wylt wynne thy cause. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. (rubric) The battale of bannokburne, strykyne & vonyng be gud kyng robert the bruce. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) liii. 177 How kynge Iuoryn caused his doughter play at the chesse with Huon,..and how Huon wan the game. c1590 C. Marlowe Faustus 1029 in Wks. (1910) 180 Howe they had wonne by prowesse such exploits. 1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne i. 22 Conquests he winned. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. i. ii. 3 The Aborigines and Trojanes wan indeed the field, but lost their Captaine Latinus. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. viii. 17 'Tis Ioane, not we, by whom the day is wonne . View more context for this quotation a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 263 ‘Prove that, and wonne the plea!’ said Lethington. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Persian Wars i. 22 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian He wanne this battell. 1728 A. Ramsay Monk & Miller's Wife 233 His courage wan the day. 1781 W. Cowper Truth 13 He that would win the race must guide his horse Obedient to the customs of the course. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) vii. 70 Won the toss—first innings—seven o'clock, a.m. 1878 H. H. Gibbs Game of Ombre (ed. 2) 26 If either of the adversaries win the game. 1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 380 About that time, Waterloo was won. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。