单词 | out of the reach of |
释义 | > as lemmasabove (also out of, within, etc.) the reach of b. The distance to which an inanimate or immaterial thing can extend itself. Only in prepositional phrases as above (also out of, within, etc.) the reach of. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach lengthc1540 reachc1595 c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme xlvi. 40 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 41 Our Rock on Iacobs god we found, Aboue the reach of harmes. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 9 No lawfull meanes can carry me out of his enuies reach . View more context for this quotation a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 106 The Almighty is above all the reach of these unquiet perturbations. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 103 All of these ten Millions of People are obedient to their Sovereign, and within the reach of his power. 1709 E. Ward Writings IV. 128 Each merry Cup, Will lift us up Above the reach of Sorrow. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xiii. 393 He resolved..to place his glory beyond the reach of fortune. 1827 T. Hood Hero & Leander ci, in Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 102 Just past the reach Of foamy billows he lies cast. 1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 337/1 To plough deeply..places them [sc. weeds] out of the reach of frost. 1898 Cosmopolitan Jan. 231/1 All over the town men were hurrying hither and thither, some carrying their goods beyond reach of the rising tide. 1951 W. Lewis Rotting Hill i. 1 For this voyage at least we were all to be out of reach of human passions. 1985 C. Ozick Shock of Teapots in Metaphor & Memory (1989) 144 The red bus was not within reach of plain sense. Every inch of its interior streamed with unearthliness. 2007 ABC Premium Newswire (Nexis) 17 Jan. Be prepared and stack furniture and other possessions beyond the reach of the waters. beyond (also out of, within) (the) reach of 10. The distance that a thing can carry or traverse; range. Frequently in prepositional phrases, as beyond (also out of, within) (the) reach of, etc. extracted from reachn.1 a. With reference to a gun, missile, shot, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach > to which a thing may be shot shot1455 shoot1545 level1548 reach1572 range1588 scope1830 carry1851 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > range of gun or shot reach1572 right range1637 blank1747 carry1851 1572 J. Sadler tr. Vegetius Foure Bks. Martiall Policye viii. f. 33v Leaste it bee within the reache of oure ennemies arrowes, when they caste them from hyghe places ouer oure heades. 1591 T. Digges L. Digges's Geom. Pract. Treatize: Pantometria (rev. ed.) 179 The first parte of the violent course of Gunners, commonly termed the peeces pointe blanke reache. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 28 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors They could not go by, without coming within reach of our Muskets. 1698 tr. F. Froger Relation Voy. Coasts Afr. 21 In order to level the shot within reach of the Place. 1714 Boston News-let. 10 May 1/2 His Ship was in reach of the Fort, who fired several shot into her, which obliged them to cut and run out of the reach of their Guns. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 171 Captain Saunders alarmed them unexpectedly with a broadside, when they flattered themselves they were got out of his reach. 1805 in 19th Cent. (1899) Nov. 725 We were now without any opponent within reach of our guns. 1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. I. xiii. 346 Triple line was formed, out of reach of cannon-shot. 1913 J. Muir Story of my Boyhood iv. 156 The loon, who evidently was a fine judge of the reach of his spear, shot it forward quick as a lightning-flash. 1944 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 9 Oct. 3/1 On one occasion she came within reach of the guns of the German battleship Scharnhorst. 1991 N.Y. Times 5 Feb. c10/1 Whatever its reach, the Patriot is primarily designed to protect military targets, not to defend cities. b. With reference to the eye or sight. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > [noun] > range or field of eyeOE sightc1175 eyesightc1225 kenning1530 view1553 reach1579 kena1592 sight-shot1663 command1697 field1721 eye scope1853 1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 714 He is faine to demonstrate the light a farre off beyond the reache of any mans eyes sight, among the newe found landes. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late sig. C A Cat may looke at a King, and a swaynes eye hath as high a reach as a Lords looke. 1645 J. Milton Psalm cxxxvi in Poems 16 Above the reach of mortall ey. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 380 The Hemisphere of Earth..Stretcht out to amplest reach of prospect lay. View more context for this quotation 1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 119. ¶2 Those Heavenly Bodies which lie out of Reach of Humane Eyes. 1795 J. Hutton Theory Earth I. 31 The consolidating operation, in general, lies out of the reach of our immediate observation. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion ix. 397 The sun is fixed, And the infinite magnificence of heaven Within reach of every human eye. View more context for this quotation 1826 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds (ed. 6) I. 4 [Eagles] often soar out of the reach of human sight. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost xiii. 353 The capacity and the reach of the eye are developed by practice, and by experience. 1901 F. Norris Octopus i. iv. 158 Far off there, beyond the reach of vision, unlocalised, strange, a ripple had formed on the still black pool of the night. 1962 R. Wilbur Advice to Prophet 12 The..deer will slip into perfect shade..the lark avoid the reaches of our eye. 2003 J. Kirkpatrick tr. A. Graafland Versailles Mechanics Power 77 The..construction is that of a telescope..bringing the infinite space within reach of the eye. c. With reference to the voice. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > power or range of voice reach?1615 carry1859 lung-power1900 ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xii. 185 Rowd on, in reach of an erected voice; The Sirens soone tooke note, without our noice. 1646 J. Shirley Triumph of Beavtie 9 Be sure to be within reach of my voice, when I call you. 1673 J. Dryden Amboyna iii. i None of my Servants are within reach of my voice. 1751 B. Franklin Idea of Eng. School in Papers (1961) IV. 104 Were there but one good Reader in a Neighbourhood, a publick Orator might be heard throughout a Nation..as if they stood within the Reach of his Voice. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. i. 54 The travellers..were soon beyond the reach of the voices. 1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. ix. 149 This sagacious, experienced, benevolent old physician..was the very man, of all mankind, to be constantly within reach of his voice. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xiv. 130 Even after they were out of reach of my voice, I still cried and waved to them. 1951 I. Asimov Foundation iii. vii. 125 Seize that man. Arrest him, or by Space, I will send every man within reach of my voice out the air lock in the nude. 1990 Times (Nexis) 22 Oct. (Features section) When we came within the reach of his voice he was telling how William the Conqueror parcelled out the English territory among his followers. < as lemmas |
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