| 单词 | at random |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat (the) random Phrases a. With great speed or violence. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1475 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Douce) (1960) A. i. 93 (MED) At randoun [c1400 Trin. Cambr. Kinges & kniȝtes shulde..riden & rappe doun in reaumes aboute]. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 264 Wee found twelve..Turkes, ready to receiue vs,..who foorthwith opened at randon the two great Brazen halfes of the Doore. b. Falconry. Apparently: while flying at speed; on the wing. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. div If the fowle spryng not bot flee a long after the Reuer and the hawke nym it then ye shall say she slew it at the Raundon. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 145 They [sc. Jesuits] haue, like great fawcons or hawkes of the Tower, firmely seazed vpon the pray, kild, at randon, wing, or souce. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation 91 The Goshawk with her Male the Tiercel, and the Sparrow-hawk, kill their Game by strength and force of Wing at random, and do instantly plume and tire upon their Prey. c. With reference to a method of encounter in jousting in which the combatants are not separated by a tilt or barrier (contrasted with at the tilt: see tilt n.2 3). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [adverb] > manner of encounter at (the) random1538 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Decursio, Iustes, as at the tylte or randon. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII sig. HHhviiiv Al commers beynge gentlemen of name and of armes, Fyrste to ronne .v. courses at the Tylt with peces of auantage, and also .v. courses at Randon with sharpe speres. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 833/2 At the randon and turneie the duke of Suffolke hurt a gentleman. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 52 The Laws on Horsebacke were, that with sharpe Speares they should runne five courses at Tilt, and five more at Randon. P2. at random. Without direction or purpose, haphazardly.Originally with suggestion of great speed or lack of consideration, care, or control (from Phrases 1); later without implication of speed or violence. a. Haphazardly, without aim, purpose, or fixed principle; heedlessly, carelessly; (also) erratically, indiscriminately, unsystematically. Cf. sense C. 1a.In early use with verbs of action, as moving, striking, throwing, talking, etc., esp. in to run at random (very common before c1650); later also with verbs of occurrence. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [phrase] > by chance by perchance1495 at a venture1517 per accidens1528 at hazard (also hazards)a1533 at random1543 by occasion1562 at range1568 by the way1572 by (also at) (a) peradventurea1586 hit or miss1609 at the by1611 hob-nob1660 hit and miss1897 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > changing direction of movement [phrase] > with no fixed course at random1543 all over the shop1866 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > irregular [phrase] > at random at random1543 any old how1933 1543 T. Chaloner tr. G. Cousin Office of Seruauntes sig. C iiiv A certaine licenciousnes, or leude libertie..to ronne at randon hither, and thyther, through the wyde worlde perteygninge to no body. 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare viii. 391 Leaste he happen..to renne at randon. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Fiijv Hatefully at randon doest thou hit. View more context for this quotation 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. K Least striking vp and downe at randall, the roge might hurt me. ?1614 W. Drummond Song: It was the time in Poems Psyches Louer hurles his Darts at randon. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. v. 41 He talkes at randon: sure the man is mad. View more context for this quotation 1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 16 Not to Build at Randome, as the Custome of too many ill Builders is. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. iii. 47 Mankind cannot be considered as a Creature left by his Maker to act at random. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. Pref. 9 A few passages, not selected, but picked up at random. 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 33 This composition is then dropped upon the surface..at random, leaving the effect to chance. 1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. vi. 193 Eclipses..formerly were supposed to occur at random. 1921 Biometrika 13 309 An event happens at random once in a period m, therefore its chance of occurring in an interval of time or space δt is δt/m. 1951 Jrnl. Ecol. 39 172 The principle of contagion..is that the groups are distributed at random and that the number of individuals in each group is also random. 2005 Independent 13 Apr. 12/2 We asked 12 celebrities to hit their iPod shuffle button, which selects songs at random, to reveal their real musical tastes. ΚΠ 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias 162 b The Caruell,..being thus left at randon,..fell vpon certaine Rockes. 1612 T. Studley in Narr. Early Virginia (1907) 129 Wingfield and Kendall living in disgrace, (seeing all things at randome in the absence of Smith). 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 537 Leaving thy flock and charge at random. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph II. 323 The necessity of his affairs here, which he had left at random, required his presence. 1848 J. Keble Serm. Pref. 12 How can there be any comparison of safe or unsafe, if all be left at random? ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > without restraint [phrase] without restraint1443 at range1568 out of checka1575 at random1590 at (a or the) loose1593 on (or upon) the loose1935 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. x. sig. Mm5v The gentle Lady loose at randon lefte, The greene-wood long did walke. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 388 There was not a Bandit left at randon in all Sicilia. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cciv. 175 In the Days of Old, the Birds liv'd at Random in a Lawless State of Anarchy. 1727 W. Somervile Occas. Poems 186 In a wild State of Nature, long The Frogs at Random liv'd. 1897 H. Belloc Verse (1954) 255 Huge Wild Boars Live savagely, at random, out of doors. d. With nouns in sense similar to Phrases 2a (with verb implied): (done, existing, etc.) haphazardly, or with no fixed aim or purpose. Now rare. ΚΠ 1630 T. Taylor Progresse of Saints 86 Christianity is no ranging course, or a running at randome, but a life led by rule. 1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (xiii. 20) iv. 138 To shew that Christ is a Shepherd not at random for any sheep; but that he hath a peculiar flock belonging unto him. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 930 Thy words at random, as before, Argue thy inexperience. View more context for this quotation 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 522 Their answers, vague And all at random, fabulous and dark. 1799 C. B. Brown Ormond xxix. 335 My stroke was desperate and at random. a1870 A. L. Gordon Poet. Wks. (1913) 102 I enclose what you ask in a letter, A short rhyme at random, no more and no less. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adverb] > at specific range at random?a1560 point-blank1579 ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) Pref. sig. A iij v Science in great Ordinance especially to shoote exactly at Randons. 1588 C. Lucar Appendix 62 in tr. N. Tartaglia 3 Bks. Shooting To know how he shoote in the said peece at randon. 1612 J. Smith Map of Virginia 24 Forty yards will they shoot level or very neare the mark, and 120 is their best at Random. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. 67 How to make a good Shot either of Point-blank, or at Random. 1779 R. Tickell Epist. Charles Fox 8 Up the full covey springs; Richard at random fires, and only wings. at random Phrases a. With great speed or violence. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1475 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Douce) (1960) A. i. 93 (MED) At randoun [c1400 Trin. Cambr. Kinges & kniȝtes shulde..riden & rappe doun in reaumes aboute]. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 264 Wee found twelve..Turkes, ready to receiue vs,..who foorthwith opened at randon the two great Brazen halfes of the Doore. b. Falconry. Apparently: while flying at speed; on the wing. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. div If the fowle spryng not bot flee a long after the Reuer and the hawke nym it then ye shall say she slew it at the Raundon. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 145 They [sc. Jesuits] haue, like great fawcons or hawkes of the Tower, firmely seazed vpon the pray, kild, at randon, wing, or souce. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation 91 The Goshawk with her Male the Tiercel, and the Sparrow-hawk, kill their Game by strength and force of Wing at random, and do instantly plume and tire upon their Prey. c. With reference to a method of encounter in jousting in which the combatants are not separated by a tilt or barrier (contrasted with at the tilt: see tilt n.2 3). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [adverb] > manner of encounter at (the) random1538 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Decursio, Iustes, as at the tylte or randon. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII sig. HHhviiiv Al commers beynge gentlemen of name and of armes, Fyrste to ronne .v. courses at the Tylt with peces of auantage, and also .v. courses at Randon with sharpe speres. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 833/2 At the randon and turneie the duke of Suffolke hurt a gentleman. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 52 The Laws on Horsebacke were, that with sharpe Speares they should runne five courses at Tilt, and five more at Randon. P2. at random. Without direction or purpose, haphazardly.Originally with suggestion of great speed or lack of consideration, care, or control (from Phrases 1); later without implication of speed or violence. a. Haphazardly, without aim, purpose, or fixed principle; heedlessly, carelessly; (also) erratically, indiscriminately, unsystematically. Cf. sense C. 1a.In early use with verbs of action, as moving, striking, throwing, talking, etc., esp. in to run at random (very common before c1650); later also with verbs of occurrence. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [phrase] > by chance by perchance1495 at a venture1517 per accidens1528 at hazard (also hazards)a1533 at random1543 by occasion1562 at range1568 by the way1572 by (also at) (a) peradventurea1586 hit or miss1609 at the by1611 hob-nob1660 hit and miss1897 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > changing direction of movement [phrase] > with no fixed course at random1543 all over the shop1866 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > irregular [phrase] > at random at random1543 any old how1933 1543 T. Chaloner tr. G. Cousin Office of Seruauntes sig. C iiiv A certaine licenciousnes, or leude libertie..to ronne at randon hither, and thyther, through the wyde worlde perteygninge to no body. 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare viii. 391 Leaste he happen..to renne at randon. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Fiijv Hatefully at randon doest thou hit. View more context for this quotation 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. K Least striking vp and downe at randall, the roge might hurt me. ?1614 W. Drummond Song: It was the time in Poems Psyches Louer hurles his Darts at randon. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. v. 41 He talkes at randon: sure the man is mad. View more context for this quotation 1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 16 Not to Build at Randome, as the Custome of too many ill Builders is. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. iii. 47 Mankind cannot be considered as a Creature left by his Maker to act at random. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. Pref. 9 A few passages, not selected, but picked up at random. 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 33 This composition is then dropped upon the surface..at random, leaving the effect to chance. 1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. vi. 193 Eclipses..formerly were supposed to occur at random. 1921 Biometrika 13 309 An event happens at random once in a period m, therefore its chance of occurring in an interval of time or space δt is δt/m. 1951 Jrnl. Ecol. 39 172 The principle of contagion..is that the groups are distributed at random and that the number of individuals in each group is also random. 2005 Independent 13 Apr. 12/2 We asked 12 celebrities to hit their iPod shuffle button, which selects songs at random, to reveal their real musical tastes. ΚΠ 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias 162 b The Caruell,..being thus left at randon,..fell vpon certaine Rockes. 1612 T. Studley in Narr. Early Virginia (1907) 129 Wingfield and Kendall living in disgrace, (seeing all things at randome in the absence of Smith). 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 537 Leaving thy flock and charge at random. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph II. 323 The necessity of his affairs here, which he had left at random, required his presence. 1848 J. Keble Serm. Pref. 12 How can there be any comparison of safe or unsafe, if all be left at random? ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > without restraint [phrase] without restraint1443 at range1568 out of checka1575 at random1590 at (a or the) loose1593 on (or upon) the loose1935 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. x. sig. Mm5v The gentle Lady loose at randon lefte, The greene-wood long did walke. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 388 There was not a Bandit left at randon in all Sicilia. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cciv. 175 In the Days of Old, the Birds liv'd at Random in a Lawless State of Anarchy. 1727 W. Somervile Occas. Poems 186 In a wild State of Nature, long The Frogs at Random liv'd. 1897 H. Belloc Verse (1954) 255 Huge Wild Boars Live savagely, at random, out of doors. d. With nouns in sense similar to Phrases 2a (with verb implied): (done, existing, etc.) haphazardly, or with no fixed aim or purpose. Now rare. ΚΠ 1630 T. Taylor Progresse of Saints 86 Christianity is no ranging course, or a running at randome, but a life led by rule. 1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (xiii. 20) iv. 138 To shew that Christ is a Shepherd not at random for any sheep; but that he hath a peculiar flock belonging unto him. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 930 Thy words at random, as before, Argue thy inexperience. View more context for this quotation 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 522 Their answers, vague And all at random, fabulous and dark. 1799 C. B. Brown Ormond xxix. 335 My stroke was desperate and at random. a1870 A. L. Gordon Poet. Wks. (1913) 102 I enclose what you ask in a letter, A short rhyme at random, no more and no less. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adverb] > at specific range at random?a1560 point-blank1579 ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) Pref. sig. A iij v Science in great Ordinance especially to shoote exactly at Randons. 1588 C. Lucar Appendix 62 in tr. N. Tartaglia 3 Bks. Shooting To know how he shoote in the said peece at randon. 1612 J. Smith Map of Virginia 24 Forty yards will they shoot level or very neare the mark, and 120 is their best at Random. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. 67 How to make a good Shot either of Point-blank, or at Random. 1779 R. Tickell Epist. Charles Fox 8 Up the full covey springs; Richard at random fires, and only wings. at random ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adverb] > at specific range at random?a1560 point-blank1579 ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) Pref. sig. A iij v Science in great Ordinance especially to shoote exactly at Randons. 1588 C. Lucar Appendix 62 in tr. N. Tartaglia 3 Bks. Shooting To know how he shoote in the said peece at randon. 1612 J. Smith Map of Virginia 24 Forty yards will they shoot level or very neare the mark, and 120 is their best at Random. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. 67 How to make a good Shot either of Point-blank, or at Random. 1779 R. Tickell Epist. Charles Fox 8 Up the full covey springs; Richard at random fires, and only wings. < as lemmas |
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