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单词 stand over
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to stand over
to stand over
1. intransitive. Nautical. To depart from one shore and make one's way to or towards another. Cf. main sense 41b. Now rare.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > leave one shore and sail towards another
to stand over1599
1599 W. Raleigh Let. 27 Aug. (1999) 183 Wee doe therefor pray you..to cause a couple of small barques of Dover to stand over into the sea as farr to the westward as they can.
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. ix. 171 Yet we did not stand over towards Sumatra, but coasted along nearest the Malacca shore.
1757 J. Entick New Naval Hist. 526/1 The Fleet stood over to the opposite Shore of Barbary.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 604 He now stood over to the English shore.
1972 Country Life 14 Sept. 632/1 Since the shores of Newfoundland were shallow and treacherous, the ship stood over towards Labrador.
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a. intransitive. To be left or postponed for later consideration, treatment, or settlement; to be carried over; spec. (of a crop plant) to be left unharvested at the end of the season. Cf. over adv. 12a, standover n. 1.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] > defer action until something happens
to wait one's (or the) time, hour, opportunity, etc.c1480
stayc1540
expect1548
attend1560
to stand about ——1564
waita1633
suspend1690
to stand over1771
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] > be left for consideration at a later date
to stand over1771
1771 F. Vesey Cases High Court Chancery 1 18 The cause stood over several days in hopes of an accommodation: but without effect.
1822 M. Edgeworth Let. 30 May (1971) 404 A beef and pigeon pie that had stood over from the preceding week.
1853 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 14 i. 30 Many acres..are left unsown, and must stand over for Lent corn.
1958 Manch. Guardian 2 Dec. 2/7 The public inquiry will..have to stand over while there is any possibility of further proceedings on any aspect of the matter.
2019 Bay Post (Batemans Bay, Austral.) (Nexis) 19 June Mr. Royds, being in a hurry to reach the place, decided to let further work on it stand over until his return, and completed his journey on foot.
b. transitive. To postpone (something, esp. a legal case) for later consideration, treatment, or settlement. Chiefly in passive.
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1783 J. Brown Rep. High Court Parl. 7 56 On the 11th of May 1772, this cause was heard before the Barons; and after several days hearing, stood over for judgment until the 20th of July.
1877 Graphic 21 July 66/3 After being part heard it was stood over until after judgment in the Ridsdale case.
1907 W. De Morgan Alice-for-Short xx. 229 It is also clear that anything you are going to make a point of can be ‘stood over’ for special attention later.
2019 Daily Tel. (Australia) (Nexis) 3 Sept. 7 The 10-day trial..was stood over for at least 24 hours to allow the parties time to negotiate.
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1. intransitive. To stand close by (a person or thing, typically positioned at a lower level than oneself), esp. in order to watch, supervise, or control.Apparently unattested between the 14th and 17th centuries.
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society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > superintend > specifically a person
to stand over ——OE
superintend1564
supervise1618
babysit1973
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > keep watch on [verb (transitive)] > a person on a lower level or anxiously
to stand over ——OE
hang1792
OE Ælfric's Colloquy (1991) 22 Mino oues meas ad pascua, et sto super eas in estu et frigore cum canibus : ic drife sceap mine to heora læse, & stande ofer hig on hæte & on cyle mid hundum.
c1330 (?c1300) Amis & Amiloun (Auch.) (1937) l. 1972 Þe lazer liþ vp in a wain..& ouer him stode a naked swain.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Judith viii. 3 He stod ouer the men bindende sheues in the feld.
1637 J. Trapp Gods Love-tokens 43 He will construe it for a contempt, and standing over us with his great rod, swinge us soundly.
1737 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 182/2 Sir Thomas is represented,..laid at Length on his Back, with the Figure of Time standing over him.
1851 J. Ruskin King Golden River (1856) iii. 32 Sobering them just enough to enable them to stand over Gluck, beating him very steadily for a quarter of an hour.
1932 V. Woolf Pargiters (1978) 31 Miss Edwards, the small dressmaker,..could cut out quite well, but one had to stand over her.
1940 Punch 24 Apr. 449/2 I could occasionally leave her to wash up a few cups or something like that without actually standing over her the whole time.
2018 R. Kushner Mars Room i. 32 He stood over the woman who had slid to the floor.
2. intransitive. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. To intimidate or threaten (a person), esp. in order to extort money; to bully. Cf. standover n. 2.
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1936 Argus (Melbourne) 20 Mar. 11/2 Detectives interviewed Lane next day, and after some hesitation, he said, ‘The —— stood over me for 2/ and I used a knife on him.’
1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned iii. 21 There's many a man thought he was going to stand over some little lowie and now he's..looking through the bars.
2018 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 18 Mar. 28 People would be laughing—behind my back... Look at him, they stood over him for five grand and he's still talking to Bass. That's what they'll say.
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