单词 | way in |
释义 | > as lemmasway in a. A means of passing from one place or point to another, esp. of entry or exit from somewhere, such as a door, a gate, an opening made through a crowd, etc. Now frequently in way in, way out. Cf. archway n., doorway n., gateway n.1With examples with a verb referring to the creation of a passage of this kind (e.g. quots. c1450, 1802, 1914) cf. sense A. 9c(b). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > opening which may be passed through wayOE OE Exodus 283 Wegas syndon dryge, haswe herestræta, holm gerymed. OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iv. xv. 281 In þam portice, þurh þone ligeþ se weg to þæs eadigan Clementes cyrican ælcum þæra manna, þe þa cyrcan secan wile. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3244 On twel[ue] doles delt ist ðe se, xii. weiges ðer-in ben faiger and fre. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 36 (MED) Men seyn þat the wlcanes ben weyes of helle. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 1324 (MED) Quare althire-thickest was þe thrange þurȝe þaim he rynnes, And makis a wai wyde enoȝe waynes to mete. 1578 J. Polemon All Famous Battels 19 With theyr weapons they made a way through the mids of the enimies for the Marques to escape. 1609 W. Biddulph Trauels Certaine Englishmen 141 From thence they brought vs into another roome of like sort, and for like vse; & so from one to another, that (without a guide) it was impossible to find the way out. 1718 C. Molloy Coquet iii. 53 Why, Sir, I had no Business at all, only to, to, to—that is, I thought it had been the Way out. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. To force a passage, to oblige your enemy to retire..and thus open a way into the country which he had occupied. 1898 G. B. Shaw You never can Tell in Plays Pleasant & Unpleasant ii. (stage direct.) Near the parapet there lurks a way to the kitchen, masked by a little trellis porch. 1914 S. Low in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 261 To a Prussian statesman it seems more natural to ‘hack a way’ through the territory of an unoffending neighbour than it would be to public men elsewhere. 1953 G. E. M. Anscombe tr. L. Wittgenstein Philos. Investig. §309 What is your aim in philosophy?—To shew the fly the way out of the fly-bottle. 1997 T. Mackintosh-Smith Yemen (1999) i. 14 The soldier on the door of the Director's antechamber cleared a way through the crowd. 2012 Church Times 21 Sept. 36/3 Have A-boards on the pavement outside that indicate the way in. < as lemmas |
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