单词 | at the point of |
释义 | > as lemmasat the point of c. [compare Middle French sur le point de (c1260 in Old French), au point de (13th cent. in Old French), à point de (mid 16th cent.)] at the point of: on the very verge of, just about (to do something); on the brink of. †at the point of day [compare Middle French, French point de jour daybreak (c1165 in Old French)] : at daybreak (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > near in time > about to or on the point of in point to (also of)c1330 at (the) point toc1432 at the point ofa1450 go1483 on the pop of1922 a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) 626 (MED) Your fadre..Lieth at the point of diyng. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 633 And or hit were day, he let put wylde fyre in three of his owne shippis..And at the poynte of the day the good prynce Bodwyne..set on the myscreauntys. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 585 Be redy at the poynte of day for to ride. 1582 Bible (Rheims) Mark v. 23 My daughter is at the point of death, come, lay thy hand upon her. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies v. xxiv. 396 This should be eaten at the point of day. 1696 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 74 The lord Berkley was at the point of sayling. a1729 E. Taylor Metrical Hist. Christianity (1962) 298 When Manuel lay at the point of Death Him Monks did promise life would he give breath. 1765 H. Walpole Corr. (1817) II. 312 The dauphin is at the point of death. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xx. 493 Should he chance to be at the point of shipwreck on some unknown coast, he will most devoutly pray that the lesson of the missionary may..have extended thus far. 1897 H. Caine Christian iii. ix. 293 I..told him they were at the point of going. 1901 G. W. James Indian Basketry iv. 36 A little Indian girl was at the point of death, having been bitten by a rattlesnake. 1984 S. Terkel Good War (1985) i. ii. 41 One of the nineteen-year-olds, during maneuvers, was at the point of tears. 1998 C. Mims When we Die (1999) x. 214 The American Cryonics Society arranges to freeze people in liquid nitrogen when they are at the point of death. < as lemmas |
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