| 单词 | in, under lee (of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin, under (the) lee (of a. Protection, shelter, rarely plural. Also in phrases in, under (the) lee (of) both in material and immaterial senses. †Also, a resting-place. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter leeOE lewthc1000 shadowc1200 coverturec1450 hele?1527 burrow1577 shelter1595 lown1603 umbrage1607 shield1615 lew1908 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [phrase] > in or under the shelter of in, under (the) lee (ofOE under covert1477 under (the) covert of1477 under coverc1540 under the shelter of1595 in (the) covert of1611 under (the) cover of1726 OE Cynewulf Crist II 606 He us æt giefeð ond æhta sped, welan ofer widlond, ond weder liþe under swegles hleo. c1000 Ags. Ps. cviii. 10 Þonne hi to his huse hleowes wil~nian. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 188 Wið feasten. wið wecchen..wið heard werunge. heard leohe. a1300 Cursor Mundi 23326 Þat þai þe sorfuller sal be Þat losen folili has þat le. a1375 Lay Folks Mass Bk. App. iv. 62 Þen most Merci..lenge wiþ vs in leo and lede. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 1446 We lurkede undyr lee as lowrande wreches! c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 277 Þenne he lurkkes & laytes where watz le best. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vii. Prol. 79 The silly scheip and thair lytill hyrd gromis Lurkis vndir le of bankis. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 55 It is a bosum of the Sey, in the ley of a hich montane conteyned. 1623 W. Drummond Cypresse Groue in Flowres of Sion 64 Any Mariner..arriuing neare the Shore, would..joyfully enter the leas of a saue Harbour. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia (Arb.) ii. iii. 446 Our quarter..was onely the open woods under the lay of a hill. 1630 Tincker of Turvey 66 To come under the Lee of Wedlock. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 96 Sheltered under the Lee of Royal favour. 1821 J. W. Croker Diary 3 June (1884) He wishes to have Peel under his lee. 1847 D. G. Mitchell Fresh Gleanings (1851) 223 Cameron was thinking of Rob Roy's cave under the Lea of Ben Lomond. 1863 J. R. Wise New Forest 193 The labourer still sits under the lew..of the hedge. 1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere xiii. 101 There he is under the lee of the opposite bank. 1901 Speaker 5 Jan. 375/2 Under the lee of the Turkish guns. < as lemmas |
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