| 单词 | off the ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoff the ground a. The particular space or area under consideration, or one used for some special purpose, esp. the scene of any contest, or meeting. off the ground: out of the way. on the ground: engaged in a duel. ΚΠ c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1174 A noumbur hoge Of Grekes were gedret & þe grounde hade. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1352 The Troiens..ffleddon in fere..When the Grekys hade the gre & the grounde wonen. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 115 Content to talk with the Governour, providit that the Cardinall and his cumpany war of the ground. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 49 Bid our Commanders leade their Charges off A little from this ground . View more context for this quotation 1679 J. Dryden & N. Lee Oedipus iv. 60 I'm too well acquainted with the ground, quite to forget it. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 132 Why came ye na hame when other folk left the grund? 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) iv. 35 There were sentries posted to keep the ground for the troops. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing vii, in Fraser's Mag. Sept. 327/1 He has been ‘on the ground’ I don't know how many times. 1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors iii. 60 They had just arrived on the ground, and had not yet taken any whales. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 72 Ground, a rectangular sheet of ice, measuring not more than 200 yds. × 100 yds. and not less than 100 × 50. < as lemmas |
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