英语词汇“pride of place”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. In Falconry: the high position or pitch to which a falcon or other bird of prey rises before swooping down on its prey. Now figurative in pride of place, the most prominent or important position (chiefly after quot. a1616).

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the world > animals > birds > bird of prey > [noun] > height reached

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. iv. 12 A Faulcon towring in her pride of place .

a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover v. iii. 54 in 3 New Playes (1655) Though she flie in An eminent place, to add strength to her wings, And mount her higher.

1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad viii. xcix. 173 This Kings doth make Stoop to the lure, like eagles from their place.

1798 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit. (ed. 7) ii. 142 See on the critick, ‘in his pride of place’, Laborious Chalmers drops his leaden mace.

1804 T. Thornton Sporting Tour through Northern Parts Eng. & Highlands Scotl. 165 Eagles..can have no speed, except when at their place: then, to be sure, their weight increases their velocity.

1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xviii. 12 In ‘pride of place’ here last the eagle flew.

1902 Punch 24 Dec. 434/1 A Minister who is chased by a loud-voiced Opposition From his pride of place.

1948 G. Gorer Americans i. 26 In the fantasies brought to light in psychiatric interviews pride of place went to those in which the officer was retaliated upon, humiliated, snubbed.

1993 Guardian 19 Aug. ii. 14/4 Kitchener has reconstructed the lean and fit dodo..and given it pride of place in the Edinburgh museum's exhibition.

Phrases

P1. pride of life, pride of the world: worldly pride or ostentation, vainglory (now archaic and rare).

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the mind > emotion > pride > [noun] > worldly pride

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pride of the worldc1384

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) 1 John ii. 16 Coueytise of flesch and coueytise of iȝen and pride of lijf [L. superbia vitæ, Gk. ἡ ἀλαζονεία τοῦ βίου. So 1611; R.V. vainglory of life].

a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 1129 (MED) Al þat in world men tel can, Es outher yhernyng of þe flesshe of man..Or pride of lyfe.

1582 R. Parsons First Bk. Christian Exercise ii. iii. 310 The sixthe vanitie belonging to pryde of lyfe, is the glorie of syne apparell.

1585 T. Bilson True Difference Christian Subiection i. 75 Grant thee not at euery..request, lest we seem to bring the smoky pride of the world into the Church of Christ.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. xii. 465 Doe they not then (as one Philosopher said of an other) contemne the pride of the world, but with more pride?

1729 W. Law Serious Call iv. 49 It is not left to the rich to gratify their passions in the indulgencies and pride of life.

1729 W. Law Serious Call vi. 82 In conforming to those fashions, and pride of the world.

1842 Milwaukie (Wisconsin Territory) Sentinel 14 Sept. She who had watched over his infancy with all the tender solicitude which a mother can possibly feel for her offspring—allowing the false pride of the world to gain the mastery over her maternal feeling, waved him off.

1889 Denton (Maryland) Jrnl. 11 May Watch! lest you be deceived by the love of money, the lust of the flesh and the pride of the world.

1903 H. James Ambassadors iii. vii. 89 Wide as his glimpse had lately become of the empire of ‘things’, what was before him still enlarged it; the lust of the eyes and the pride of life had indeed thus their temple.

P2. Heraldry in his pride: (of a peacock) represented as facing the spectator with the tail expanded and the wings drooping (cf. peacock n. 1c).

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [phrase] > position of peacock

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1530 in Ancestor (1904) 11 181 Banester beryth to his crest a pecoke in his pryde.

1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. ii. xii. 339 His standard [was] of yellow and blue, with a peacock in pride gold, and pensils with a peacock.

1766 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elem. Heraldry Dict. s.v. Peacocks are said to be in their pride when they extend their tails into a circle, and drop their wings.

1790 Peerage Eng., Scotland & Ireland I. 70 Crest. On a chapeau, gules, turned up with ermine, a peacock in pride, proper.

1863 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 2) x. 62 A Peacock, or Pawne, having its tail displayed, is in its pride.

1885 T. Mozley Reminisc. I. xxx. 178 The son was ‘in his pride’, as the heralds say. They were entertaining a troop of yeomanry, and the son..was in a handsome uniform.

1955 Times 30 July 7/4 Here is a subject ready to the schoolmaster's hand... A single chevron or peacock in his pride is surely worth all the dreary old hides and tallows, ranges and watersheds that ever plagued us.

1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 255/1 [Pavinated] is the usual heraldric representation of the peacock, and is blazoned ‘a peacock in his pride’; he may, however, also be depicted in profile, proceeding to the dexter, with the train lowered, when he is blazoned as passant.

1996 T. Woodcock et al. Dict. Brit. Arms: Medieval Ordinary II. 152/1 Peacock in his pride. Sumeri, Adam de..Sigillum Ade de Sumeri. 13 cent.

P3. pride of place n.

†a. Falconry. The high position from which a falcon or other bird of prey swoops down on its prey. Obsolete.

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. iv. 12 A Faulcon towring in her pride of place .

1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xviii. 12 In ‘pride of place’ here last the eagle flew.

b. Chiefly figurative. The most prominent or important position. Cf. place n.¹ 11b.

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [noun] > pre-eminent position

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pride of place1824

1824 Times 21 Aug. 2/6 Just at that moment when they were exulting in their ‘pride of place’, a bailiff came up to them.

1876 Times 15 Dec. 6/1 The pride of place of this Christmas must..be assigned to an edition of Mr. Theodore Martin's translation of ‘Faust’... It is really no exaggeration at all to call it a magnificent book.

1902 Punch 24 Dec. 434/1 A Minister who is chased by a loud-voiced Opposition From his pride of place.

1931 A. Huxley Music at Night 222 Disease-snobbery is only one out of a great multitude of snobberies, of which now some, now others take pride of place in general esteem.

1976 Flintshire Leader 10 Dec. 32/1 Pride of place must go to Courtaulds Greenfield, the league leaders, who toppled the Welsh National League..Division 1 champions, Denbigh Town.

2004 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 8 Apr. a10/6 We are going to put agriculture first..we are going to give agriculture its pride of place in terms of priority on the economic models.

P4.

pride of the morning n. British regional an early morning mist or shower, taken traditionally as indicating a fine day to come.

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1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 341 [Devon] The Pride of the Morning—Imber Matutinus, quasi ex Aurora nimio humore turgida profluens, tempore scilicet æstivo.

1877 in Notes & Queries 5th Ser. 8 275/2 [Lancashire, Shropshire, Berkshire] In Berkshire a slight early morning rain is called the 'pride of the morning'.

1883 T. Hardy Romantic Adventures of Milkmaid in Franklin Square Libr. 29 June 4/2 ‘Here it is so dreary, and the fog was horrible this morning!’ ‘Why, this is only the pride of the morning!’ said Margery, brightly. ‘By-and-by it will be a beautiful day.’

1905 ‘Q’ Shining Ferry x As for the touch of damp, 'tis nobbut the pride o' the mornin'.

1953 Times 17 Aug. 7/7 In my youth those sudden sprays of rain were known as the ‘pride of the morning’ (or day as the case might be). It always seemed such a lovely expression.

1992 Independent 10 Apr. 13/1 Paddy Ashdown emerged from his home in the Somerset village of Norton sub Hamdon into honest-to-goodness early morning mist...‘In Somerset, they call mist like this Pride of the Morning,’ he said.

单词	pride of place
释义	> as lemmas pride of place b. In Falconry: the high position or pitch to which a falcon or other bird of prey rises before swooping down on its prey. Now figurative in pride of place, the most prominent or important position (chiefly after quot. a1616). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > bird of prey > [noun] > height reached pitch1576 placea1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. iv. 12 A Faulcon towring in her pride of place . View more context for this quotation a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover v. iii. 54 in 3 New Playes (1655) Though she flie in An eminent place, to add strength to her wings, And mount her higher. 1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad viii. xcix. 173 This Kings doth make Stoop to the lure, like eagles from their place. 1798 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit. (ed. 7) ii. 142 See on the critick, ‘in his pride of place’, Laborious Chalmers drops his leaden mace. 1804 T. Thornton Sporting Tour through Northern Parts Eng. & Highlands Scotl. 165 Eagles..can have no speed, except when at their place: then, to be sure, their weight increases their velocity. 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xviii. 12 In ‘pride of place’ here last the eagle flew. 1902 Punch 24 Dec. 434/1 A Minister who is chased by a loud-voiced Opposition From his pride of place. 1948 G. Gorer Americans i. 26 In the fantasies brought to light in psychiatric interviews pride of place went to those in which the officer was retaliated upon, humiliated, snubbed. 1993 Guardian 19 Aug. ii. 14/4 Kitchener has reconstructed the lean and fit dodo..and given it pride of place in the Edinburgh museum's exhibition. extracted from placen.¹ pride of place Phrases P1. pride of life, pride of the world: worldly pride or ostentation, vainglory (now archaic and rare). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > [noun] > worldly pride pride of lifec1384 pride of the worldc1384 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) 1 John ii. 16 Coueytise of flesch and coueytise of iȝen and pride of lijf [L. superbia vitæ, Gk. ἡ ἀλαζονεία τοῦ βίου. So 1611; R.V. vainglory of life]. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 1129 (MED) Al þat in world men tel can, Es outher yhernyng of þe flesshe of man..Or pride of lyfe. 1582 R. Parsons First Bk. Christian Exercise ii. iii. 310 The sixthe vanitie belonging to pryde of lyfe, is the glorie of syne apparell. 1585 T. Bilson True Difference Christian Subiection i. 75 Grant thee not at euery..request, lest we seem to bring the smoky pride of the world into the Church of Christ. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. xii. 465 Doe they not then (as one Philosopher said of an other) contemne the pride of the world, but with more pride? 1729 W. Law Serious Call iv. 49 It is not left to the rich to gratify their passions in the indulgencies and pride of life. 1729 W. Law Serious Call vi. 82 In conforming to those fashions, and pride of the world. 1842 Milwaukie (Wisconsin Territory) Sentinel 14 Sept. She who had watched over his infancy with all the tender solicitude which a mother can possibly feel for her offspring—allowing the false pride of the world to gain the mastery over her maternal feeling, waved him off. 1889 Denton (Maryland) Jrnl. 11 May Watch! lest you be deceived by the love of money, the lust of the flesh and the pride of the world. 1903 H. James Ambassadors iii. vii. 89 Wide as his glimpse had lately become of the empire of ‘things’, what was before him still enlarged it; the lust of the eyes and the pride of life had indeed thus their temple. P2. Heraldry in his pride: (of a peacock) represented as facing the spectator with the tail expanded and the wings drooping (cf. peacock n. 1c). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [phrase] > position of peacock in his pride1530 1530 in Ancestor (1904) 11 181 Banester beryth to his crest a pecoke in his pryde. 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. ii. xii. 339 His standard [was] of yellow and blue, with a peacock in pride gold, and pensils with a peacock. 1766 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elem. Heraldry Dict. s.v. Peacocks are said to be in their pride when they extend their tails into a circle, and drop their wings. 1790 Peerage Eng., Scotland & Ireland I. 70 Crest. On a chapeau, gules, turned up with ermine, a peacock in pride, proper. 1863 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 2) x. 62 A Peacock, or Pawne, having its tail displayed, is in its pride. 1885 T. Mozley Reminisc. I. xxx. 178 The son was ‘in his pride’, as the heralds say. They were entertaining a troop of yeomanry, and the son..was in a handsome uniform. 1955 Times 30 July 7/4 Here is a subject ready to the schoolmaster's hand... A single chevron or peacock in his pride is surely worth all the dreary old hides and tallows, ranges and watersheds that ever plagued us. 1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 255/1 [Pavinated] is the usual heraldric representation of the peacock, and is blazoned ‘a peacock in his pride’; he may, however, also be depicted in profile, proceeding to the dexter, with the train lowered, when he is blazoned as passant. 1996 T. Woodcock et al. Dict. Brit. Arms: Medieval Ordinary II. 152/1 Peacock in his pride. Sumeri, Adam de..Sigillum Ade de Sumeri. 13 cent. P3. pride of place n. †a. Falconry. The high position from which a falcon or other bird of prey swoops down on its prey. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. iv. 12 A Faulcon towring in her pride of place . View more context for this quotation 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xviii. 12 In ‘pride of place’ here last the eagle flew. b. Chiefly figurative. The most prominent or important position. Cf. place n.¹ 11b. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [noun] > pre-eminent position firstheada1382 lead1570 pride of place1824 1824 Times 21 Aug. 2/6 Just at that moment when they were exulting in their ‘pride of place’, a bailiff came up to them. 1876 Times 15 Dec. 6/1 The pride of place of this Christmas must..be assigned to an edition of Mr. Theodore Martin's translation of ‘Faust’... It is really no exaggeration at all to call it a magnificent book. 1902 Punch 24 Dec. 434/1 A Minister who is chased by a loud-voiced Opposition From his pride of place. 1931 A. Huxley Music at Night 222 Disease-snobbery is only one out of a great multitude of snobberies, of which now some, now others take pride of place in general esteem. 1976 Flintshire Leader 10 Dec. 32/1 Pride of place must go to Courtaulds Greenfield, the league leaders, who toppled the Welsh National League..Division 1 champions, Denbigh Town. 2004 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 8 Apr. a10/6 We are going to put agriculture first..we are going to give agriculture its pride of place in terms of priority on the economic models. P4. pride of the morning n. British regional an early morning mist or shower, taken traditionally as indicating a fine day to come. ΚΠ 1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 341 [Devon] The Pride of the Morning—Imber Matutinus, quasi ex Aurora nimio humore turgida profluens, tempore scilicet æstivo. 1877 in Notes & Queries 5th Ser. 8 275/2 [Lancashire, Shropshire, Berkshire] In Berkshire a slight early morning rain is called the 'pride of the morning'. 1883 T. Hardy Romantic Adventures of Milkmaid in Franklin Square Libr. 29 June 4/2 ‘Here it is so dreary, and the fog was horrible this morning!’ ‘Why, this is only the pride of the morning!’ said Margery, brightly. ‘By-and-by it will be a beautiful day.’ 1905 ‘Q’ Shining Ferry x As for the touch of damp, 'tis nobbut the pride o' the mornin'. 1953 Times 17 Aug. 7/7 In my youth those sudden sprays of rain were known as the ‘pride of the morning’ (or day as the case might be). It always seemed such a lovely expression. 1992 Independent 10 Apr. 13/1 Paddy Ashdown emerged from his home in the Somerset village of Norton sub Hamdon into honest-to-goodness early morning mist...‘In Somerset, they call mist like this Pride of the Morning,’ he said. extracted from priden.¹ < as lemmas
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