单词 | right at |
释义 | > as lemmasright at a. Modifying adverbs and prepositional phrases expressing place, as right at, right in, right on, etc. Precisely, exactly, quite; directly, fully. Cf. (right) on the button at button n. Phrases 12. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] > exactly so, just > of place righteOE evenc1300 very1530 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) i. i. 12 Ryhte be eastan him [sc. the Bavarians] sindon Bæme. OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. i. 72 On þam feorðan dæge..on ærnemergen þæs dæges uparas seo beorhte sunne riht on eastende þære heofon. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6554 Te laferrd iesu crist. Wass borenn..Rihht i þe land off ȝerrsalæm. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 781 Þa brac þat sweord in his hond, riht bi þere hilte. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2495 Sket cam a ladde with a knif And bigan Rith at þe to For to ritte. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1604 He lay bi luzan ut on nigt, A ston under hise heued rigt. c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 273 (MED) His Arwes ful euene smat Riht on þe Olde Mon. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 3076 Ryght nygh the bothom [read botoun] pullede he A leef all grene. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. 27 Into the lond let synke A reed right by. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) clxxiii. 256 In theyr comyng on they toke the barbycannes that were right ayenst them. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. viii. C He made haist..to mete Israel..euen righte before the felde. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. i. 115 Vpon a Ladies lips, or right in the center of her cheekes. 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 33 Right against the Eastern gate, Wher the great Sun begins his state. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 18 The Wind is right in our teeth. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 100 He was set right against me. 1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida App. 28 Right abreast of this spot..is a very fine anchorage. 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague ii. iii. 55 Sitting..Right o'er St. Paul's Cathedral. 1830 Ladies' Repository 5 409/1 Right opposite the door, leading to the entry, stood the box at which she was engaged, down on her knees. 1891 C. E. Norton tr. Dante Divine Comedy I. xxviii. 156 When it was right at the foot of the bridge, it lifted its arm high. 1913 J. Conrad Chance i. i. 11 The first thing I saw right in front of me were three middle-aged men. 1971 K. Awoonor This Earth, my Brother xii. 152 These latrines are ever full. Those in a hurry take a shit right on the floor. 1991 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 8 Dec. v. 12/3 We really couldn't run any reverses or anything on the muddy field. We had to run right at them. < as lemmas |
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