单词 | in the arms of |
释义 | > as lemmasin the arms of (a person) b. In plural. These limbs used to grasp, enfold, or embrace someone or something; (hence) an embrace. Chiefly in constructions with a preposition, now esp. in (also into) a person's arms, in the arms of (a person). Occasionally in singular. Also figurative (chiefly poetic). See also Phrases 2a. ΚΠ OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Hatton) (1900) i. v. 47 Constantius..mid swiðlicre lufe ongann mid his earmum hine clyppan & cyssan & him swiðe þancian. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1123 Se kyng..alehte hine betwux his earmes. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7616 [He] himm toc bitwenenn arrmess. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1010 (MED) Þan eiþer hent oþer hastely in armes, & wiþ kene kosses kuþþed hem to-gidere. ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 396 (MED) I..wil helpe him, to whom I opene myn armes of benygnyte. 1566 J. Partridge Worthie Hystorie Plasidas b iij b Pandauola in her armes Her Alfyne hath up num. 1691 J. Dryden King Arthur v. i. 44 At length, I have thee in my Arms; Tho' our Malevolent Stars have..held us long asunder. 1765 Sir Patrick Spence in T. Percy Reliques Anc. Eng. Poetry I. 73 Late, late yestreen I saw the new moon Wi' the auld moon in her arm. 1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvii. 10 Many a time, and oft..you carried me in your arms. 1805 Poetry Different Subj. 34 Behold him sinking in the arms of death! 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iii. vi. 74 Mrs. Felix Lorraine sank lifeless into his arms. 1855 B. Taylor Home & Travel 250 Cradled in the arms of the tide. 1938 Boys' Life Jan. 28/4 He had come all the way down..with one hand gripped to a cable..and a man in his arm. 1999 C. Stasz Vanderbilt Women 122 She missed her friends..and..longed for the arms of her distant love. 2014 N.Y. Times 8 Jan. (Late ed.) b9/2 [Skier] Lindsey Vonn zoomed past the finish line and into the arms of her..boyfriend. < as lemmas |
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