| 单词 | let or hindrance |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslet or hindrance 1. Hindrance, stoppage, obstruction; also, something that hinders, an impediment. Now archaic: most common in phrase let or hindrance. (Cf. Middle English lite n.5) In Middle English verse the phr. without(en) let (Sc. but let) is frequent, often as a mere expletive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] lettingOE leta1175 marring1357 impediment1398 impeachment1432 unhelpc1449 interruption1463 impeach1511 hindrance1526 prevening1557 offence1578 cross1600 impedition1623 obstructing1641 impede1659 objectiona1667 bottleneck1886 dead wood1887 log-jam1890 the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [noun] > a speech impediment leta1387 mara1400 impedimenta1513 a twist in one's tonguea1777 a1175 Cott. Hom. 239 Oðer hit wrð ȝewasse iþer pine of þe deaðe þe he her þaleð oðer efter mid eðelice lette. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1963) l. 2282 He þohte habbe Delgan cwene of Denemarche. ac him com mochel lette [c1275 Calig. lætting] ase him was alre loþest. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 321 Moyses..hadde a lette of his tonge. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 92 Ther ben othre vices slowe, Whiche unto love don gret lette, If thou thin herte upon hem sette. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8123 On nan-kyn lim ne had þai lett, For in þair sted ilkan war sette. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 7395 Þai did him fett widuten lett. 1432 Paston Lett. I. 31 For the..eschuyng of eny thing that mighte yeve empeschement or let therto. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ii. 179 Syne to Scone in hy raid he And wes maid king but langer let. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. xii. 142 Quhat is the let I may the nocht embrace? 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. D.vii By whiche meanes the foresayd muskles..haue the lesseimpediment or let in theyr motion. 1549 Act 3 & 4 Edw. VI c. 1 §2 The said Offices have remained void for a long Time, to the great Let of Justice. 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 55v, in Bulwarke of Defence The herbe wil growe in Englande also, if idlenes wer not the let. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 118 After which so great a victorie..the Turkes without let or stay ouerranne all the countrey. 1607 T. Middleton Michaelmas Terme iv. sig. G4 He may vndoubtedly enter vppon't without the let or molestation of any man. 1639 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipline (ed. 2) cv. 292 Vneven, rough, bushie and hilly grounds, are all lets and impediments to the horse. 1640 R. Brome Sparagus Garden i. ii, in Wks. (1873) III. 123 Love..through a thousand lets will find a way To his desired end. 1649 J. Arnway Tablet Charles I (ed. 2) 67 As singularity of Gifts recompenced His natural let in speech. 1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica 210 There is a great Lett of insensible Perspiration. 1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. Introd. §4 Those lets and difficulties, which stay and embarrass the mind in its search after truth. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy viii. 79 At last all let and hindrance to the merry lady ceased by the sudden death of her husband. 1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art ii. 159 Each man would have a portion of time to himself in which he was allowed to do what he chose without let or inquiry. 1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. v. 368 The enemy wrought his will..without let or hindrance. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xxi. 532 To maintain quarrels..to the let and disturbance of the common law. < as lemmas |
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