单词 | at one's command |
释义 | > as lemmasat one's command b. In various phrases, as at one's command, on command, etc. word of command: see quot. 18531. ΚΠ 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iv. 188 What we will doe, we doe vpon command . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. iii. 94 They shall goe forward Kate at thy command . View more context for this quotation 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. 15 The next thing to be observed..is the Words of Command with readiness to answer and obey. 1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VII. 544 The appointment, by command of the Prince Regent, of Major General Alten. 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 66/1 The orders..for certain motions, manœuvres, or evolutions, are called the ‘word of command’. 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 66/1 Officers or troops absent from quarters are said to be ‘on command’. < as lemmas |
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