| 单词 | in figure |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin figure 12. An emblem, type. †in figure: in emblematical representation. †to be in figure: to be typical. †in figure to: emblematic of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > typical or representative case > typical or representative thing or person forbysenc1175 figurea1340 forbyseninga1400 samplera1400 plot1551 pattern1555 resembler1581 representative1653 specimen1654 exponent1825 type1845 typification1845 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxlvi. 8 He hilys halywrit wiþ figurs forto stire men to seke. c1366 G. Chaucer A.B.C. 169 Ysaak was figure of his [Christ's] deth certeyn. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 697 Þe ship þat beres vs in þe se, Of haly kyrke þe figure be. 1497 J. Alcock Mons Perfeccionis (de Worde) A ij This mount is in figure and sygnefyeth relygyon. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 385/1 Al thing vnto them came in figures. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 59 The ancient times doe set forth in figure..the incorporacion..of counsell with Kinges. 1637 T. Nabbes Microcosmus i. C Oh gentle power..Figure of peace. 1647 J. Saltmarsh Sparkles of Glory (1847) 149 A rest or peace in figure to that glory and fulness to be revealed in us. 1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 122 The Rock..was a Type and a Figure of Christ. 1730–6 in N. Bailey Dict. Britannicum 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 453 It has long been usual to represent the imagination under the figure of a wing. in figure a. An arrangement of lines or other markings forming an ornamental device; one of the devices combined into a decorative pattern; also applied to similar markings produced by natural agency. Also collective. †in figure: so as to form a pattern. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > pattern figure1609 repeat pattern1851 repeat1855 rosette1875 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] device1399 vicea1400 work?a1475 pattern1581 sleight1590 figure1609 design1670 wile1849 patterning1860 key band1881 maggot1925 1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. Kv Oft did she heaue her Napkin to her eyne,..Laundring the silken figures in the brine. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 157 It was well said.. That speech was like Cloth of Arras, opened, and put abroad; Whereby the Imagery doth appeare in Figure; whereas in Thoughts, they lie but as in Packs. 1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 23 in Justa Edouardo King His bonnet sedge, Inwrought with figures dim. 1655 E. Terry Voy. E.-India 365 This Seal..the great Mogol, either in a large, or lesser figure causeth to be put unto all Firmaunes. 1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger ii. vi. 118 A beautiful figure that velvet has, to be sure. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Brook in Maud & Other Poems 106 Sketching with her slender pointed foot Some figure..On garden gravel. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. i. 232 The luminous figure reflected from such a surface is exceedingly beautiful. < as lemmas |
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