| 单词 | by stealth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby stealth a. adverbial, †by cas, by chance, by force, by guess, by hook or by crook, by might; and others for which an adverb might easily be substituted, as by consequence, †by cover (= covertly), †by matter in deed (? = as an actual fact), by metaphor, †by name (= especially), †by occasion, †by particular, by stealth. [Here French has usually par.] See the various substantives. ΚΠ 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 490 He vel of is palefrey, & brec is fot bi cas. c1460 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Laud) l. 10700 Vow that is made by right Ow no man to breke by might. 1475 Bk. Noblesse 31 Provided that..no man take vitaile beforce. 1531 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student (new ed.) liv. f. cxlvii Yt ys not alleged in the Indyctment by matter in dede that he had such wepon. 1544 T. Phaer Regim. Lyfe (1560) R vij Hitherto have I declined by occasion. 1565 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 113 That no..person..succour by cover or operte, any apprentice. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. D5v Either by hooke, or crooke, by night or day. a1586 Answ. Cartwright 17 He alleadgeth another proofe by peraduenture. 1604 G. Babington Comf. Notes: Exod. i. (Exod.) xvi. 263 This Manna followed the Israelites whatsoeuer the earth was: and by name in the wildernesse. 1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 117 These persons by particular are said to be by the statute rogues. 1660 T. Fuller Mixt Contempl. i. v. 8 Ponderous, and by Consequence probable to settle..on the Earth. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 145 Some prying Churl had..thence, By Stealth, convey'd th' unfeather'd Innocence. View more context for this quotation 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 145. ⁋6 He snatches Kisses by Surprise. 1751 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) V. v. 90 They might not imagine that the world was..made by chance. 1836 W. S. Landor Pericles & Aspasia I. 224 I am not speaking by metaphor and asiatically. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 649 (note) I have therefore been forced to arrange them [the events] by guess. by stealth 5. by stealth: †(a) (with reference to taking or appropriating) by an act of theft; secretly and without right or permission; also in wider sense, with reference to wrongful or forbidden acts generally; (obsolete); (b) (in modern use, the phrase has ordinarily no conscious association with steal v.1 or steal n.2 1, and has the neutral sense) secretly, clandestinely. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > by or in manner of theft [phrase] at thieves lawc1175 by stealth1390 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb] softlyc1225 by stalea1240 privilya1250 slylyc1275 thieflyc1290 stealingly13.. by stealth1390 stalworthlya1400 theftfullyc1400 theftlyc1400 theftuouslyc1400 under veilc1425 thievishly?c1450 by theft1488 quietly1488 furtively1490 by surreption1526 hugger-muggera1529 in hugger-mugger1529 underhand1538 insidiously1545 creepingly1548 surreptiously1573 underboard1582 filchingly1583 sneakingly1598 underwater1600 slipperily1603 thief-likea1625 clandestinely1632 surreptitiously1643 thievously1658 clancularly1699 stownlins1786 stealthily1806 underhandedly1806 stolen-wise1813 on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818 round-the-corner1820 underhanded1823 stealthfully1828 slinkingly1830 slippingly1830 on the sneak?1863 sneakishly1867 behind backs1874 stalkingly1891 on the side1893 under the counter1926 underground1935 under the table1938 down and dirty1959 sneakily1966 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [phrase] > dishonestly by stealth1390 on the cross1802 on the crook1879 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 63 [He] hath his pourpos ofte achieved..of worldes welthe, And takth it, as who seith, be stelthe. 1454 Rolls of Parl. V. 274/2 Grete habundaunce of Wolles as welle by stalth as by licence is uttred into the parties beyond the See. 1480 Cov. Leet Bk. (1908) 459 [They] ffysshen be nyght & day the seid pole..be staith. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. lv. sig. ddvv/2 The dranes..vneth they ben suffryd to ete of ony, but asmoche as they ete it..by stelthe. c1530 Court of Love 1362 And who come late he pressed in by stelth. 1592 Arden of Feversham i. 138 And, Mosbie, thou that comes to me by stelth, Shalt [etc.]. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Sam. xix. 3 The people gate them by stealth that day into the citie, as people beeing ashamed steale away when they flee in battell. View more context for this quotation 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 134 The English bring into France..sheep skinnes, and by stealth other Hides, forbidden to be exported. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 132 Lurking Lizards often lodge, by Stealth, Within the Suburbs, and purloyn their Wealth. View more context for this quotation 1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight 8 Let low-born Allen..Do good by stealth, and blush to find it Fame. 1775 J. Harris Philos. Arrangem. i. 4 Marcus Antoninus..still persisted in..committing his thoughts to writing, during moments gained by stealth from the hurry of courts and campaigns. 1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) V. 259 He had been privately engaged to draw by stealth the portrait of old Mr. Thomas Baker. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 995 So life glides smoothly and by stealth away. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 220 Congregations which had hitherto met only by stealth and in darkness. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 130 He did enter by stealth into the common workshop of Athene and Hephaestus. < as lemmas |
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