| 释义 |
beholder|bɪˈhəʊldə(r)|
Also 4 bi-, by- beholdar, -ere.
[f. behold v. + -er1.]
One who beholds, a watcher, looker on, spectator.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. v. vi. 178 God byholder and forwiter of alle þinges. c1400Apol. Loll. 32, I haue sett þe a beholdar to þe hows of Israel. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 203 Beynge the very seers & beholders of his magesty. 1535Coverdale Esther xv. 2 God, which is the beholder & Sauioure of all thinges. 1600Shakes. A.Y.L. i. ii. 139 All the beholders take his part with weeping. 1660Fuller Mixt Contemp. (1841) 242 The multitude of actors and beholders at the mustering in Hyde Park. 1712Budgell Spect. No. 404 ⁋6 If Cælia would be silent, her Beholders would adore her. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 492 A sight to gladden the beholder's eye. |