| 单词 | life's food |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslife's food a. Chiefly with preceding possessive, in the sense ‘of one's life’, as life's book, life's food, etc. ΚΠ OE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Corpus Cambr.) iii. xiv. 216 Ealle his lifes tid [L. omni vitae suae tempore] þæt tacen..he..in his sculdre & on his ceacan bær. OE Ælfric Homily (Corpus Cambr. 178) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1968) II. 757 Ic ne adiligie heora naman of lifes bec [L. de libro uitæ]. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 181 God haueð on liues boc writen al þet ha seið. a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) l. 178 Seke we ure liues fod. c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1871) l. 53 Oure present wordis lyuys space Nys but a maner deth. 1600 Certain Prayers in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (1847) 692 On whose life dependeth the life and life's-joy of so many thousands! 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 613 There is but little Sand left in their Lives Glass. < as lemmas |
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