| 单词 | at the sign of the moon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat the sign of the moon c. at the sign of the moon [after French à l'enseigne de la lune (1558 in Middle French, in the passage translated in quot. 1679)] : (of a person's sleeping arrangements) in the open air at night. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > external [phrase] > out of doors at night at the sign of the moon1613 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iii. x. 294 They often lodge (saith Willamont) at the signe of the Moone; and the like moderation they vse in diet and apparel. 1679 G. Rose tr. P. Boaistuau Theatre of World ii. 107 The Souldier is for the most part always waking, having his Quarters at the Sign of the Moon. 1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant I. i. 36 Here we lay at the Sign of the Moon and seven Stars (anglicè in the open Air). 1832 J. K. Paulding Westward Ho! II. xiii. 147 He never accepted a bed for the night; but when the weather was fair slept, as he said, at the sign of the moon. 1901 Harper's Mag. Oct. 673/1 ‘Where do you live?’ is a question habitually asked by companionable tramps... The answer is, in effect, ‘At the Sign of the Moon’. < as lemmas |
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