单词 | anear |
释义 | anearv. Now rare (archaic and nonstandard in later use). 1. transitive. To come or be near to (someone or something); to approach, to near. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] > draw near to nighlOE anigha1400 aboard1458 close1523 near1570 anear1577 appropinque1663 1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 96/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I If they durst anerre the coast. 1682 P. Walsh Prospect State Ireland iii. 75 Never has any other Nation upon Earth anneer'd the Milesian race..in the most unnatural,..destructive Feuds. 1844 E. B. Barrett Poems II. 66 The castle..to-night, anears its fall. 1911 Overland Monthly Apr. 375 The bands anearing The dusky stream at the close of day. 2012 @LaToyaHurley 24 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 8 Apr. 2019) With 2012 anearing an end it's time [to] evaluate... Some relationships are just not beneficial. 2. a. intransitive. To draw near, to approach. Also with to. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > draw near neighlecheeOE i-nehleche971 to draw nearc1330 to nigh nighc1330 nighle1340 to-neighea1382 nigha1387 to draw nigh?a1400 nighena1400 to nigh neara1400 to draw ona1450 neara1522 to close about, on, round, upon1523 accost1571 anear1582 anigh1594 proach1600 appropinquate1623 to close in1704 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 31 Such troups as neauer too citty Troian aneered [L. umquam venere Mycenis]. 1853 E. B. Browning tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound (rev. ed.) in Poems (ed. 3) I. 189 Go in haste! lest the roar of the thunder anearing Should blast you to idiocy. 2014 @CampGrovePoint 18 May in twitter.com (accessed 8 Apr. 2019) The sun is out and camp is anearing! ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > be near [verb (intransitive)] belielOE anear1582 neighbour1592 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 41 A tumb to Troytowne and mouldy tempil aneereth [L. est urbe egressis tumulus templumque vetustum]. 1627 P. Hay Advt. Subj. Scotl. 34 Their accent annearing to the Morasque. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). anearprep.adv. archaic, regional, or nonstandard in later use. A. prep. Near, close to. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > near to [preposition] nighOE anentOE atOE yhendeOE anewstc1275 nigh handa1300 neara1325 narc1325 againstc1384 nearhanda1400 towardc1400 towards?1447 nearhand?c1450 nearbyc1485 anear1532 anigh1583 under or in the shadow of1853 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere i. p. lxxxi The deuyll dredyth hym selfe & dare not come anere them. 1680 Honest Hodge & Ralph 27 He'll ne're come a near the power on't. 1799 Sketches Mod. Life I. iii. 81 Nobody would come anear her because it seems as she had a liking for another man better than her husband. 1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas I. 117 While anear thee Pours this sorrow-stricken maid The pure libation. 1950 J. Stuart Hie to Hunters 237 The bullets stung the trees a-near me and singed off into space! 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 8/1 It's anear the choch. Yer cant miss it. B. adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly nigheOE well-nigheOE forneanc1000 well-nearc1175 almostc1261 nighwhatc1300 nearhandc1350 nigh handa1375 nigh handsa1375 as good asc1390 into (right) littlea1413 unto litea1420 nigh byc1430 nearbyc1485 near handsa1500 as near as1517 mosta1538 next door1542 wellmost1548 all but1590 anewst1590 uneath1590 next to1611 nearlya1616 thereaboutsa1616 welly1615 thereabout1664 within (an) ames-ace ofa1670 anear1675 pretty much1682 three parts1711 newsta1728 only not1779 partly1781 in all but name1824 just about1836 nentes1854 near1855 nar1859 just1860 not-quite1870 nearabouta1878 effectively1884 nigh on1887 1675 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (ed. 2) xii. 236 They know anear in what parts they [sc. waterfowl] most usually frequent. 1683 ‘Country Gentleman’ Future State i. 6 General Accounts of things are not anear so affecting, as a Plain and Particular Narrative and Description of them. 1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) II. 10 Your wisdom may declare That womanhood is proved the best By golden brooch..Yet is it proved, and was of old, Anear as well..By truth, or by despair. 1911 W. Y. E. Wentz Fairy-faith in Celtic Countries ii. 116 The people of the Gaeldom of to-day are anear perishing for lack of the famous feats of their fathers. 2. In, or so as to be in, close proximity; near. Frequently opposed to afar (now often humorously). ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] nighOE anewstOE nearOE yhendeOE hendc1175 hendena1200 anighc1275 besidesc1275 bihalvec1275 beside1297 narc1325 on (also upon) hand (also hands)c1330 bya1400 anighsta1425 nearabout?a1425 near-awaya1586 a hand1637 anear1798 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere v, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 27 The roaring wind! it roar'd far off, It did not come anear. 1870 Friend (Honolulu) Dec. 112/1 There is many a lamp that is lighted; We behold them anear and afar. 1916 F. Ledwidge Songs of Fields 87 I am sad below the depth of words That nevermore we two shall draw anear. 2002 T. E. Granor et al. Hacker's Guide Visual FoxPro 7.0 i. 110 (heading) Data from afar and from anear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1577prep.adv.1532 |
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