| 单词 | in or within ken |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin or within ken a. Range of sight or vision; in phrases in or within ken, beyond, out of, or past ken. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > [noun] > range or field of eyeOE sightc1175 eyesightc1225 kenning1530 view1553 reach1579 kena1592 sight-shot1663 command1697 field1721 eye scope1853 a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. Aivv The bordring Ilands seated here in ken. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. N4 Out of ken we were ere the Countesse came from the feast. 1624 P. Massinger Bond-man iv. i. sig. G4 The conquering Army Is within ken. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 3 Beyond all Ken by the best Telescopes. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. 456 Scarce in ken appears that distant Isle. 1882 F. W. H. Myers Renewal of Youth 77 Thro' space, if space it be, past count or ken. < as lemmas |
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