| 单词 | line of demarcation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasline of demarcation 1. The action of marking the boundary or limits of something, or of marking it off from something else; delimitation; separation. Usually in line of demarcation. extracted from demarcationn. a. literal. (a) Originally in reference to the meridian dividing the Spanish from the Portuguese Indies.The bull of 4 May 1493 ‘sobre la particion del oceano’ fixed the Line of Demarcation at 100 leagues west of the Cape Verde Isles; the ‘Capitulacion de la particion del Mar Oceano entre los Reyes Catolicos y Don Juan Rey de Portugal’, of 7 June 1494, definitely established it at 370 leagues (17½ to an equatorial degree) west of these isles, or about 47° long. W. of Greenwich in the Atlantic, and at the anti-meridian of 133° E. long. in the East Indies. The word occurs in the latter document ‘dentro de la dicha limitacion y demarcacion’. Navarrete Viages II. 121.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > determination of boundary demarcation1728 delimitation1798 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > determination of boundary meting1543 mereing1574 boundage1610 abuttallingc1628 limitation1677 demarcation1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Line Line of Demarcation, or Alexandrian Line. 1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) II. 142 Eastward it extends to Brasil, being terminated by the meridian of demarcation. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) I. iii. 206 The communication with the East Indies, by a course to the westward of the line of demarkation, drawn by the Pope. 1804 R. Southey in Ann. Rev. 2 6 Ruy Falero wanted to bring the Moluccas on the Spanish side of the line of demarcation. 1849 tr. Humboldt's Cosmos II. 655 As early as the 4th of May (1493) the celebrated bull was signed by Pope Alexander VI, which established ‘to all eternity’ the line of demarcation between the Spanish and Portuguese possessions at a distance of one hundred leagues to the west of the Azores. (b) of other lines dividing regions. ΚΠ 1801 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. xi. 646 As if the whole North of Germany, within the line of demarcation might very conveniently become a separate empire. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. i. v. 51 Nothing but precise demarcation of limits, and the intention of cultivation, can establish the possession. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) vi. 267 So completely was the line of demarcation observed..between Phœnicia and Palestine, that their histories hardly touch. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1776 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. iv. §36 165 These bounds the supreme body..has marked out to its authority: of such a demarcation then what is the effect? 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 43 The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end, and resistance must begin, is..not easily definable. View more context for this quotation 1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. iii. xxxvii. 327 Where the lines of demarcation between the species ought to be drawn. 1883 Cent. Mag. Dec. 196/2 A strange demarkation between the sexes was enforced in these ceremonies. line of demarcation a. A limit, boundary; more fully, line of demarcation. to draw the line (see draw v. Phrases 9); also, with similar meaning, to †lay, form a line. to run the lines (U.S.): see run v. 67. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] goalc1350 bounda1387 list1389 finea1400 frontier1413 enda1425 limit1439 buttal1449 headroom1462 band1470 mete?1473 buttinga1475 bounder1505 pale?a1525 butrelle1546 scantlet1547 limesa1552 divisec1575 meta1587 line1595 marginc1595 closure1597 Rubicon1613 bournea1616 boundary1626 boundure1634 verge1660 terminary1670 meta1838 1595 G. Markham Most Honorable Trag. Sir R. Grinuile sig. E7v And now the night grew neere her middle line. a1609 J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (1613) i. iv. sig. B1v Of Heauen the middle Line, That makes of equall length both day and night. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Line Line of Demarcation, or Alexandrian Line. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 210 And middle Natures, how they long to join, Yet never pass th' insuperable Line! 1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 67 Their different principles compose some of the strongest political lines which discriminate the parties even now subsisting amongst us. 1770 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1876) iii. 33 It is this intellectual dignity..that ennobles the Painter's art; that lays the line between him and the mere mechanic. 1840 H. H. Wilson Mill's Brit. India (ed. 4) I. i. iii. 69 To form a line between them and the Company, it was ordained, that [etc.]. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 30 The line which bounded the royal prerogative. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. vii. 366 Hold on and hit away, only don't hit under the line. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) xviii. 303 The lines of separation of the great watersheds. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。