单词 | at its height |
释义 | > as lemmasat its height 16. at (..) height. at the height (archaic), †at height (obsolete): at the highest point or degree. (Cf. 12) Now usually at its height. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advancing or progressing [phrase] > at the highest point at the fulla1375 at the height1487 at float1594 in the (its, etc.) heighta1616 in float1797 at its height1839 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 713 Kyng robert now wes weill at hycht. a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard III (1623) 1623) i. iii. 41 I feare our happinesse is at the height [1597 highest]. 1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 32 Golden Rain, or Streams of Fire, that will when at height, descend in the Air like Rain. 1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. ii. 258 Luxury reigns at the height. 1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. x. 222 The gale was..at its height. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 397 Her military glory was at the height. < as lemmas |
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