| 单词 | upon the float |
| 释义 | > as lemmasupon the float a. The action of floating or †swimming. †Formerly also: the condition of floating or of being on the water; esp. in on (rarely at) float = afloat adv. †upon the float: floating on the stream; also figurative in an unsettled condition. Now rare.With on and at float cf. the synonymous Old Norse á floti, French à flot (Old French a flote). For instances of on flote before 15th cent., see afloat adv. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [phrase] > floating (of vessel) on (rarely at) floatOE the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > moving freely on surface floatOE floating1555 floatage1626 the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > moving in or on water [phrase] > driven by current upon the float1652 the world > time > change > changeableness > [adverb] ficklya1300 unconstantlya1542 changefully1615 up and down1643 ticklish1661 titter-totter1673 upon the float1768 titubantly1861 weathercock-wise1874 wimble-wamble1890 rockily1895 OE Cynewulf Elene 226 Ongan þa ofstlice eorla mengu to flote fysan. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 162 God..tagte fuel on walkene his fligt, Ilc fis on water his flotes migt. 1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 378 To ger hir [a ship] com on floit. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 105 A shippe being on flote at the full Sea. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 188 When both winds and Currents are uncertain, to ride at flote, till [etc.]. 1652 E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum Prolegomena sig. A2 Past Ages have like Rivers conveied downe to us, (upon the floate), the more light, and Sophisticall pieces of Learning. 1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 241 The next spring tide two fourth rates will also be putt on float. 1761 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 68/1 The Richmond soon afterwards got on float. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. ii. 15 Our ideas being perpetually upon the float. 1817 J. Keats Calidore And now the sharp keel of his little boat Comes up with ripple and with easy float. < as lemmas |
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