单词 | in life |
释义 | > as lemmasin life a. in life. Also †with life. Scottish in later use. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records the phrase in life as still in widespread use in Scotland in 1958. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > opposed to dead in the land of the livingc825 livingeOE lifeeOE quickeOE aliveOE livishc1175 alivesc1300 in lifea1325 with lifea1325 of life1392 breathinga1398 undeada1400 upon lifea1413 live1531 lifesome1582 undeceased1589 vivec1590 breathful1593 vivificent1598 on the hoof1818 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1364 To fechen ysaac hom a wif Of his kinde, ðe ðor was in lif. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 6492 Atte he was liuande and in life sulde be. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1839 Na creatur in liue[Fairf. on liue]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 11834 Miȝt no mon wiþ lif[Fairf. in life, Gött. on lijf] haue more. 1795 R. Burns Let. 3 July in Wks. (2021) IV. 391 So e'en to preserve the poor body in life I think I maun wed him tomorrow. 1817 Scots Mag. May 395 He was carried with life to the Royal Infirmary, where he died next day. 1844 W. Jamie Muse of Mearns 98 I was o'er at my uncle's wife, Wha's nae thocht lang to be in life. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xvi I counsel ye in all friendliness to let the minister do his best to keep her in life. in life a. in life: ‘in the world’, at all. Chiefly in (there is) nothing in life. ΚΠ 1725 M. Davys Lady's Tale in Wks. II. 161 There is nothing in Life so impertinent as the offer of a Heart, when one does not care to accept on't. 1744 S. Fielding Adventures David Simple I. x. 278 There was nothing in Life he attended to more earnestly than the Behaviour of those Men, whose want of Education shewed more openly, and with less disguise, what their Natures were. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. x. 246 There is nothing in life so intolerable as pretending to think differently from other people. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlix. 534 ‘Hallo!’ responded that gentleman, looking over the side of the chaise with all the coolness in life. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation 5 One who owes to College endowments all that he has and is in life. 1900 Academy 21 July 55/2 Get drunk as often as you can, and stay so long as you can, for there's nothing in life half so profitable. 1931 ‘G. Trevor’ Murder at School i. 12 So far he seemed to have done nothing in life except win the Newdigate. 1961 A. Sillitoe Key to Door (1962) i. ii. 17 He spat forcefully at the fire-bars and his spit didn't sizzle with the alacrity to which he was accustomed, thereby reinforcing his often-said conviction that nothing in life could be relied on. 2006 Heat 18 Mar. 68 We thought there was nothing in life Paris Hilton liked to collect more than small, bug-eyed animals and wallet-stacked shipping heirs. < as lemmas |
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