| 单词 | land of the living |
| 释义 | > as lemmasland of the living b. figurative in the sense ‘realm, domain’, as land of the leal (Sc.): the realm of the blessed departed, heaven. land of the living: the present life; in the land of the living (a Hebraism: see Psalm 27:13, 52:5; Isaiah 38:11, 53:8): alive.land of Nod: see nod n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > opposed to dead in the land of the livingc825 livingeOE lifeeOE quickeOE aliveOE livishc1175 alivesc1300 in lifea1325 with lifea1325 of life1392 breathinga1398 undeada1400 upon lifea1413 live1531 lifesome1582 undeceased1589 vivec1590 breathful1593 vivificent1598 on the hoof1818 the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [noun] > immaterial or incorporeal thing > realm or kingdom > sphere or domain of landc825 kingdomc1390 universe1607 regiona1661 realma1771 c825 Vesp. Psalter cxiv. 9 In londe lifgendra. c1230 Hali Meid. 13 Iþis world þat is icleopet lond of unlicnesse. a1400 Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. (1892) 637/22 Ye shal not with-outen Strif fro this world passe to þe lond of lyf. 1611 Bible (King James) Jer. xi. 19 Let vs cut him off from the land of the liuing. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 99 As in the land of darkness yet in light, To live a life half dead, a living death. View more context for this quotation 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 313 In the Land of Nature we are often out of our Knowledge. 1708 Lady Cave Let. in M. M. Verney Verney Lett. (1930) I. xiv. 266 Sir Thomas is glad to hear Col. Oughton is in the land of the living..having not heard a word from him. 1778 F. Burney Evelina III. xxi. 237 I'm glad to see you still in the land of the living. 1798 Lady Nairne Land of Leal (song) I'm wearin' awa' John,..To the land o' the leal. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 127 You had better have sent out Jedidiah Buxton, if he is still in the land of the living. 1819 J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. J. Hodgson (1857) I. 223 I was frequently travelling in the Land of Nod. 1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 129 They dug a grave..in which they deposited the corpse, with a biscuit..and a small quantity of tobacco, as provisions for its journey in the land of spirits. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 9 There are unseen lands of knowledge and truth beyond the present. 1925 E. Phillpotts Voice from Dark ii. 22 And is Mr. Bitton still in the land of the living? < as lemmas |
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