| 单词 | in one's bosom |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin one's bosom b. The enclosure formed by the breast and the arms. in one's bosom: clasped to one's breast. Now only archaic, and chiefly in figurative Scriptural phrases, e.g. in Abraham's bosom (see Abraham n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > perfectly safe [phrase] > in a secure place in one's bosomc1175 under lock and keya1393 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 53 Alse heo heom [heore euencristene] walde in to heore bosme puten. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 19391 Iesu crist..Þatt inn hiss faderr bosemm iss. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Micah vii. 5 Hir that restith in thi bosum. 1420 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 47 That he resseyue me yn-to þe brode bosum off his mercy. 1578 Gude & Godlie Ballates (1868) 36 Quhen Lazarus he saw..In his bosome. 1816 Dance of Death xix. 53 Death..attacks this warrior, in the bosom of victory. 1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 162 The child was in Abraham's bosom. < as lemmas |
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