单词 | under key |
释义 | > as lemmasunder key P1. under key: = under lock and key at lock n.2 Phrases 1. Frequently in to keep under key. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > in confinement [phrase] in mewa1375 under keya1393 under lock and key1585 behind bars1951 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 1834 (MED) The Priest Thoas..the Palladion of Troie Kepte under keie. a1425 (?a1350) Gospel of Nicodemus (Harl.) (1907) l. 831 Yhe keped him vnder kay [rhymes yhisterday, oway, may]. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. l. 4314 His cofres cloos be shet so vndir keye. a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) ccx. 15 What vailith undre kaye To kepe treasure alwaye, That never shall se daye? 1597 R. Tofte tr. L. Ariosto Two Tales ii. sig. Mv Such iewels and gold, as he had vnder key. 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. G6 He..kept under key all his life long even to the least bolletines and short notes that he made. 1715 R. Bentley Serm. Popery 27 The whole Warehouse, now kept under Key, will again be set wide open. 1793 Archaeologia 11 131 It was as requisite to keep the holy as the baptismal water under key. 1862 C. E. Wilbour tr. V. Hugo Les Misérables ix. 125/2 She had in a closet, under key, a mysterious object, which she cherished very highly. 1869 Solicitors' Jrnl. & Reporter 31 July 813/2 And you ask a witness to produce those documents, which are under key in another man's house? 1910 Amer. Tyler-Keystone 20 June 552/1 Religion is not something to be kept under key all week, then to be brought out and brushed up for Sunday. 1993 R. Lourie tr. H. Grynberg Victory in Jewish War & Victory (2001) i. 85 My little drawer is kept under key. < as lemmas |
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