| 单词 | in point to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin point to (also of) h. [Compare post-classical Latin in puncto (1228, 1377; 1375 in a British source), in punctu (c1340, c1390 in British sources)] in point to (also of): in a position ready to, on the point of; in immediate peril or danger of. Now rare (archaic and poetic). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > there is danger in a course of action [phrase] > in danger of in point to (also of)c1330 in danger to or of1377 in were of1412 in weres to1804 the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > near in time > about to or on the point of in point to (also of)c1330 at (the) point toc1432 at the point ofa1450 go1483 on the pop of1922 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > there is danger in a course of action [phrase] > in danger of > in immediate danger of in point to (also of)c1330 c1330 in T. Wright Polit. Songs Eng. (1839) 343 That al Engelond i-wis was in point to spille. c1390 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 331 My sone in point is for to lete The holy lawes of oure Alkaron. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 57 (MED) He..was in poynt to drowne. 1479 Presentm. Juries in Surtees Misc. (1888) 28 The crosse in the merkythe place, that it is in pounte to fall. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 82 [He] put all the lave jn poynt of perdicioun. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. xi. 55 Dido standis redy to cum in point to de. 1573 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 189 Quhairof he hes lyne continewalie bedfast sensyne, and in poynt and dangeare of his lyff. 1641 W. Hakewill Libertie of Subj. 90 The people were in point to rebell had not the king stayed the proceedings. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. II. v. 49 The old moon now in point to set, they pass The sacred bornes. < as lemmas |
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