| 单词 | in place |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin place a. in place. extracted from placen.1 (a) In early use (also in the place): †right there; then and there, immediately (obsolete). Now (chiefly North American): without moving from one's original position, on the spot (frequently to run in place). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] soonc825 ratheeOE rathelyeOE rekeneOE rekenlyOE thereright971 anonOE forth ona1000 coflyc1000 ferlyc1000 radlyOE swiftlyc1000 unyoreOE yareOE at the forme (also first) wordOE nowOE shortlya1050 rightOE here-rightlOE right anonlOE anonc1175 forthrightc1175 forthwithalc1175 skeetc1175 swithc1175 with and withc1175 anon-rightc1225 anon-rights?c1225 belivec1225 lightly?c1225 quickly?c1225 tidelyc1225 fastlyc1275 hastilyc1275 i-radlichec1275 as soon asc1290 aright1297 bedenea1300 in little wevea1300 withoute(n dwella1300 alrightc1300 as fast (as)c1300 at firstc1300 in placec1300 in the placec1300 mididonec1300 outrightc1300 prestc1300 streck13.. titec1300 without delayc1300 that stounds1303 rada1325 readya1325 apacec1325 albedenec1330 as (also also) titec1330 as blivec1330 as line rightc1330 as straight as linec1330 in anec1330 in presentc1330 newlyc1330 suddenlyc1330 titelyc1330 yernec1330 as soon1340 prestly1340 streckly1340 swithly?1370 evenlya1375 redelya1375 redlya1375 rifelya1375 yeplya1375 at one blastc1380 fresha1382 ripelyc1384 presentc1385 presently1385 without arrestc1385 readilyc1390 in the twinkling of a looka1393 derflya1400 forwhya1400 skeetlya1400 straighta1400 swifta1400 maintenantc1400 out of handc1400 wightc1400 at a startc1405 immediately1420 incontinent1425 there and then1428 onenec1429 forwithc1430 downright?a1439 agatec1440 at a tricec1440 right forth1440 withouten wonec1440 whipc1460 forthwith1461 undelayed1470 incessantly1472 at a momentc1475 right nowc1475 synec1475 incontinently1484 promptly1490 in the nonce?a1500 uncontinent1506 on (upon, in) the instant1509 in short1513 at a clap1519 by and by1526 straightway1526 at a twitch1528 at the first chop1528 maintenantly1528 on a tricea1529 with a tricec1530 at once1531 belively1532 straightwaysa1533 short days1533 undelayedly1534 fro hand1535 indelayedly1535 straight forth1536 betimesc1540 livelyc1540 upononc1540 suddenly1544 at one (or a) dash?1550 at (the) first dash?1550 instantly1552 forth of hand1564 upon the nines1568 on the nail1569 at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572 indilately1572 summarily1578 at one (a) chop1581 amain1587 straightwise1588 extempore1593 presto1598 upon the place1600 directly1604 instant1604 just now1606 with a siserary1607 promiscuously1609 at (in) one (an) instant1611 on (also upon) the momenta1616 at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617 hand to fist1634 fastisha1650 nextly1657 to rights1663 straightaway1663 slap1672 at first bolt1676 point-blank1679 in point1680 offhand1686 instanter1688 sonica1688 flush1701 like a thought1720 in a crack1725 momentary1725 bumbye1727 clacka1734 plumba1734 right away1734 momentarily1739 momentaneously1753 in a snap1768 right off1771 straight an end1778 abruptedly1784 in a whistle1784 slap-bang1785 bang?1795 right off the reel1798 in a whiff1800 in a flash1801 like a shot1809 momently1812 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 in a gird1825 (all) in a rush1829 in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830 straightly1830 toot sweetc1830 in two twos1838 rectly1843 quick-stick1844 short metre1848 right1849 at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854 off the hooks1860 quicksticks1860 straight off1873 bang off1886 away1887 in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890 ek dum1895 tout de suite1895 bung1899 one time1899 prompt1910 yesterday1911 in two ups1934 presto changeo1946 now-now1966 presto change1987 c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 138 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 110 Heo i-cristned was..and i-spouse in þe place. c1330 Roland & Vernagu (Auch.) (1882) 504 He toke him in þe plas, & to þe castel he went. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 1600 (MED) Þis worde he seide anoon in plas. a1450 Dux Moraud in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 108 (MED) Kys me now par amour in plas. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Cc.iiiiv A Lion of the race, That with his pawes a crowned king deuoured in the place. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 87 She went on with her own Story so long..that I began to be very uneasy, but coming to one Particular that requir'd telling her Name I thought I should have sunk down in the Place. 1825 P. H. Clias Elem. Course Gymnastic Exercises (ed. 4) i. 48 Exercise I. Running in place. 1949 G. Shurr & R. D. Yocom Mod. Dance v. 159 These jumps are done in place. Do not travel across the floor. 1968 ‘E. V. Cunningham’ Margie ix. 156 Fenton, who was jogging in place to keep his circulation up, explained [etc.]. 1986 W. Charlton tr. E. Abel How to ride Horse 69 This is the case in the piaffe (trotting in place)..and the pirouette, in which the horse must gallop in place while turning 360 degrees around the inner hind leg. 2004 N.Y. Times 27 June ix. 11/3 (Advt.) Running in place. Pedaling bikes with no wheels... Getting nowhere fast might work at the gym, but it's the last thing you want for your money. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > present [phrase] in (also into, intil, to) present?c1225 in (the) presencea1393 in placea1400 upon the place1600 in evidence1612 to the fore1637 on (also upon) hand (also hands)1835 sur place1915 on-site1946 on the ground1960 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 3078 Archere was he beste in plas. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 1257 Sen thow arte presant in place, that thow wille profyre make To that perilous prynce. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. E4v They all beholding worldly wights in place, Leaue off their worke..To gaze on them. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 iv. i. 101 But what saide Henries Queene, for as I heare, she was then in place? (c) In its original or proper position; in position, in situ; (Geology and Mining) (of a deposit, vein, etc.) occupying the same position relative to the surrounding rocks as it did when first formed. Later also: set up, ready for action; (figurative) in force, operative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > in (original or proper) position [phrase] in place1560 to pass1647 in situ1648 the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [adverb] > vein between rocks in place1560 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > vein > [adverb] > between fixed rocks in place1560 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cviij That the ecclesiasticall iurisdiction remayne in place [L. maneat quo nunc est loco] as it nowe is. 1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse 194/2 The central plug joggle, fixed in place..ready for the reception of the center stone of the next Course. 1819 T. Jefferson Let. 6 Sept. in Writings (1984) 1428 I withdraw from all contest of opinion, and resign everything cheerfully to the generation now in place. 1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall vii. 204 It is the only locality with which we are acquainted where any portion of those quartziferous porphyries..occurs in place. 1869 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 3) v. §20 The liver is invested by a coat of peritoneum, which keeps it in place. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 147 In place, of rock, occupying, relative to surrounding masses, the position that it had when formed. 1884 A. K. Green Leavenworth Case ii. 8 The open piano with its sheet of music held in place by a lady's..fan. 1937 Life 12 Apr. 15/3 (advt.) Fougere Royale Hair Lotion for a well-groomed head, with every hair in place. 1979 Financial Times 15 June 2/2 It is currently able to recover only between 15 and 20 per cent of the oil in place. 1984 G. H. Clarfield & W. M. Wiecek Nucl. Amer. iv. 114 A curious notion in view of the de facto nuclear oligopoly already in place. 1991 RTZ Rev. Dec. 6/1 With the technology in place and the land under control..Ridgeway officials faced two more formidable obstacles. 1996 Times 7 Feb. 2/1 The ban on homosexuality in the Armed Forces is to remain in place. (d) Suitable to the place or time; appropriate, timely; in harmony with the surroundings, in one's element, at home. Cf. out of place adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suitable or appropriate [phrase] it is worthy thata1398 in placea1568 in character1733 horses for courses1898 a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 22v If som..presse me, that I..stray to farre from my matter, I will aunswere them with S. Paul,..euen so, whether in place, or out of place, with my matter, or beside my matter, if I can hereby either prouoke the good, or staye the ill, I shall thinke my writing herein well imployed. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. viii. 160 Mr Irwine bowed to her with a benignant deference, which would have been equally in place if she had been the most dignified lady of his acquaintance. 1880 Harper's Mag. Jan. 192/1 At another time it may be in place to narrate what happened a little later in the same eventful year. 1896 A. R. White Youth's Educator xx. 265 Black silk is in place on every occasion. 1897 Chicago Advance 4 Feb. 138/2 If Mr. Manss were not a successful pastor, he would be very much in place as a journalist. 1950 W. O. Douglas Of Men & Mountains vi. 66 The bearberry..seemed more in place here. Perhaps its leathery leaves, which the Indians used for smoking, tanning and dyeing, gave it a hardier appearance. (e) in places: in some locations or parts, esp. when these are distributed incidentally within a larger whole. Cf. in parts at part n.1 Phrases 1a(a)(ii). ΚΠ 1787 G. Washington Diary 25 Oct. (1979) V. 207 These potatoes were also missing in places, and more in the undunged than dunged part. 1853 F. H. Scott Routes Penins. India 169 Covered with a low jungle very thick in places. 1880 Chicago Med. Jrnl. 41 522 On examination, the epithelium of the tongue was patchy, thick in places and thin in others. 1922 D. H. Lawrence England my England 132 And I sensed I was a prisoner, for the snow was everywhere deep, and drifted in places. 1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl ii. v. 139 The long iron staircase down the face of the cliff was almost as steep as a fire escape in places. 1970 Guardian 1 Aug. 5/7 Main Street, built for horses and carts and largely unchanged since the days of the Brontës, is so narrow in places that large vehicles can hardly pass each other. 2017 National (Scotl.) (Nexis) 13 Feb. It is a controversial film but I think people will be fascinated by it. They can expect some fireworks and it is funny in places. < as lemmas |
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