| 单词 | on the ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalong (also on, to) the ground a. The earth regarded as the surface upon which man and his surroundings naturally rest or move; frequently in prepositional phrases, as along (also on, to) the ground (†formerly also without the article), above (also under) ground. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > ground > [noun] ground971 earthOE fleta1000 foldOE landOE floor?a1400 soila1400 margin?a1425 yird1433 sulye1434 swardc1440 leaa1475 paithmentc1480 visagea1500 crust1555 mother earth1568 solum1829 carpet1918 deck1925 dutty1925 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > downwards [phrase] > to or towards the ground along (also on, to) the ground971 to the groundward1562 the world > space > relative position > low position > [adverb] > under > under the ground underground1598 above (also under) grounda1604 subterraneous1712 subterraneously1764 subterraneanly1859 971 Blickl. Hom. 221 Ða eodan hie eft to ðæm tune, & þæt gild gebræcan & gefyldan eal oþ grund. OE Beowulf 2294 Hordweard sohte georne æfter grunde, wolde guman findan. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9285 Illc an treo þatt..Ne bereþþ nohht god wasstme Shall bi þe grund beon hæwenn upp. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 2768 Wat is binuþe þe gronde, þat makeþ þat þe fondement ne stont none stounde. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2640 Ðe child it warp dun to de [read ðe] grund. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 246 Ase þet trau þet is ykarked mid frut, þe more hit bouȝ to þe grunde. c1386 G. Chaucer Prioress's Tale 223 He fil al plat vp on the grounde. c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 8738 Oon gaf him on the ere Such a clap with his fist That he thoo the ground kyst. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 10 In Aperill, quhen cleithit is..The abill ground be wyrking off natur. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 29 On the fertill skyrt lappis of the ground. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. June 6 The simple ayre, the gentle warbling wynde..The grassye ground with daintye Daysies dight. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xii. sig. Oo6 To ground He fell halfe dead. a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 86 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) If any be much under grownd, the dampnesse of the earth takes away their lively colour. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 43 Were the City again in the hands of the Moors, or even with the Ground, it were better for us. 1772 G. White Let. 12 Apr. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 149 After I left Sussex the tortoise retired into the ground under the hepatica. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 61 He looked on the ground while he answered her. 1888 J. McCarthy & R. C. Praed Ladies' Gallery II. xi. 214 He stumbled..and I came to the ground with him. on the ground b. figurative in †to bring to the ground: to cast down, overthrow, overcome, subdue; to come (also go) to the ground: to be overcome; to perish; so to be dashed to the ground (of hopes); down to the ground: completely, thoroughly, in every respect (colloquial); from the ground up (colloquial, originally U.S.), completely, entirely; ‘down to the ground’; to get off the ground, to make a successful start; on the ground, in situ, on the spot. See also to fall to the ground at fall v. Phrases 1d. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > be defeated or overthrown [verb (intransitive)] fallOE to come (also go) to the groundc1175 confusec1330 to go away (also flee) with the worsea1413 to go to (also unto) the worse1485 to go to the wall (or walls)1549 foil1591 to go to the posta1624 to have had one's chips1959 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm > completely or overthrow shrenchc897 allayOE fellOE quellOE to bring to the groundc1175 forlesec1200 to lay downa1225 acastc1225 accumberc1275 cumber1303 confoundc1330 overthrowc1375 cumrayc1425 overquell?c1450 overwhelvec1450 to nip in (also by, on) the head (also neck, pate)?a1500 prostrate1531 quash1556 couch1577 unhorse1577 prosternate1593 overbeata1616 unchariot1715 floor1828 quench1841 to knock over1853 fling1889 to throw down1890 steamroller1912 wipe1972 zonk1973 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > be beyond hope [verb (intransitive)] > of hopes: fail to be dashed to the ground1849 the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > thoroughly > from beginning to end or through and through to the boneOE through and throughc1225 out and outc1300 from top to tail1303 out and inc1390 (from) head to heel (also heels)c1400 (from) head to foot (also feet)c1425 from top to (into, unto) toec1425 to the skin1526 to one's (also the) finger (also fingers') ends1530 from first to last1536 up and down1542 whole out1562 to the pith1587 to the back1594 from A to (also until) Z1612 from clew to earing1627 from top to bottom1666 back and edge1673 all hollow1762 (all) to pieces1788 from A to Za1821 to one's (also the) fingertips1825 to one's fingernails1851 from tip to toe1853 down to the ground1859 to the backbone1864 right the way1867 pur sang1893 from the ground up1895 in and out1895 from soda (card) to hock1902 the world > space > place > presence > present [phrase] in (also into, intil, to) present?c1225 in (the) presencea1393 in placea1400 upon the place1600 in evidence1612 to the fore1637 on (also upon) hand (also hands)1835 sur place1915 on-site1946 on the ground1960 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > begin [verb (intransitive)] > well to get (also be) off the (also one's) mark1914 to get off the ground1961 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11773 Þatt illke wise. þatt adam. I paradys wass fandedd. & brohht to grund. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1292 Þis lond was ibroȝt þoru treson verst to grounde. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7495 Þus lo þe englisse folc vor noȝt to grounde com. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 9888 Arthur..preyed hym of help a stounde, Or elles he scholde go to grounde. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9342 Hit greuys me full gretly, & to ground brynges. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 411 It must needes fall to the ground. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xiv. 252 Let such vanities passe, and come to the ground. 1640 C. Harvey Church-gate iii He holds us up, whilst in him we are found: If once we fall from him, we go to ground. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. ii. 62 It fell to the ground with the rest of the King's plans and attempts. 1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 5 These poor fellows' hopes were suddenly dashed to the ground. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits v. 82 The strong survived, the weaker went to the ground. 1859 County Courts Chron. 1 Nov. 148/3 Barring the blind eye and the broken knees, I'll warrant the horse to suit you down to the ground. 1867 R. Broughton Cometh up as Flower II. vii. 104 Suited me down to the ground. 1879 M. E. Braddon Cloven Foot xlv Some sea-coast city in South America would suit me down to the ground. 1889 T. A. Trollope What I Remember III. 289 The occupation..suited my tastes and habits ‘down to the ground’, as the modern slang phrase has it. 1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby (1895) 421 He looks as if he could be trusted down to the ground. 1895 Congress. Rec. 6 Feb. App. 207/1 There never has been a time that a democratic administration has not been American from the ground up. 1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 52 We suited each other from the ground up. 1960 Guardian 25 Nov. 15/1 On-the-ground investigations. 1961 New Statesman 28 July 129/3 Intended as a half-way point of the Festival, at which audience and platform might fruitfully interact, it never got off the ground. 1963 Listener 10 Jan. 59/2 There is no longer any good reason why the young..American writer should undergo a European apprenticeship unless it be to satisfy his curiosity or to watch the operations of another literature on the ground. 1969 Listener 3 Apr. 469/1 It soon became evident..that the history of contemporary music required reconsidering from the ground up. 1969 Guardian 4 July 5/5 If thefts continue, the future plans for the Crewe to Glasgow [railway] line can never really get off the ground. on (the) ground ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > [adverb] > situation here971 under the sunOE on (the) grounda1000 an-earthOE on (the) moulda1350 a1000 Hymns (Gr.) ix. 39 And we men cweðað on grunde her. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ix. 52 God saue þe from mischaunce, And ȝiue þe grace vppon grounde, In good lyf to ende. a1400–50 Alexander 1964 All þe gracieux goddez þat þe ground viseten All er vndir my obedience. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xvi. 201 Ther goys none on grownde That has sich a wyght. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 146 A Nobler Sir, ne're liu'd 'Twixt sky and ground . View more context for this quotation 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iv. iv. 135 in Wks. II There's not a finer Officer goes on ground. 1742 W. Shenstone School-mistress viii And think, no doubt, she been the greatest Wight on Ground. 1883 R. W. Dixon Mano iii. iii. 123 The truest gentleman that is on ground. on 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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