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单词 downgate
释义

downgaten.

Brit. /ˈdaʊnɡeɪt/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌɡeɪt/
Forms: see down adv. and gate n.2
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: down adv., gate n.2
Etymology: < down adv. + gate n.2
Now archaic and rare.
The action of going down or descending; setting, esp. of the sun. Also: a descent.
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the world > the universe > sun > solar movement > [noun] > setting
sunsetOE
going downa1382
downhielda1400
downfalling1422
downgate1440
gate-downc1440
sunsetting1440
going under1490
occasionc1540
going to1581
setting sun1591
set of day1623
earthrise1918
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 128 Downe gate, or downe goynge, descensus. Downegate of þe sunne or oþer planettys, occasus.
a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 89 To þe doungate of þe sonne.
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. iv. 43 Certeine of theim worshippe the Sonne at his vprijste, and curse him moste bittrely at his doune gate.
1597 H. Clapham Bibliotheca Theologica (Gen. xiii. 1) f. 26/1 Then Abram went vp from Aegipt, From the land off Promise to Aegipt, is A downe-gate: but from Aegipt accursed vnto Palestina blessed, is an vp-gate.
1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xx. 404 Not so ready to praise the sun at his uprising as worship him at his downgate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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