| 单词 | at a stand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat a stand c. A state of arrested activity, development, growth, fluctuation, or change. Chiefly in at a stand, to come to a stand. Now rare and archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > [noun] > a stop or cessation of action or process steadc1000 stayc1563 full stopa1586 period1590 death blow1596 vacation1617 stand1625 let-up1836 estop1884 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 242 The Greatest Part of Trade, is driuen by Young Merchants, vpon Borrowing at Interest: So as if the Vsurer, either call in, or keepe backe his Money, there will ensue presently a great Stand of Trade. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 171 Nor did the pure Latine tongue continue long at a stand of perfection in Rome..but she receivd changes and corruption. 1664 R. Flecknoe Short Disc. Eng. Stage G 4 b We began before them [sc. the French], and if since they seem to have out-stript us, 'tis because our Stage ha's stood at a stand this many years. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 141 My wheat, for want of rain, was at a stand in it's growth. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 324 The effect [of attempting by law to regulate prices] was, a momentary apparent stand in the price of articles. 1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. v. 223 In the northern winter, not only vegetable life, but likewise vegetable decay must be at a stand. 1842 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 24 Nov. in Amer. Notebks. (1972) vi. 365 Vegetation has quite come to a stand. 1979 P. O'Brian Fortune of War ix. 304 There is a mort of work at a stand. < as lemmas |
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