| 单词 | standing guard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstanding guard a. That remains in one place; that is not transported or relocated; stationary. Later also: that is positioned at a specific site. Now only in fixed collocations, such as standing camp, standing guard, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > remaining in one place stablea1400 dormantc1440 standing1469 remanent?a1475 ledger1547 fixed1559 restiff1578 statary1581 permanent1588 consistent1604 stationary1631 fundamental1633 resident1653 sedentary1667 statual1752 loco-restive1796 untransmigrated1821 stabile1896 static1910 sessile1917 1469 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 98 The estate, rule, and governaunce of the seid Prince in his ridinge, beinge departed from his standing housholde. 1553–4 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 289 The sowme..debursit be the farmorars of the commoun mylnis..upon the standing grayth thairof. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 75 Besides the standing watches all in bright harnesse in euery warde..there was also a marching watch, that passed through the principall streetes thereof. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxiv. xii. 258 We trusted upon our standing campe. 1642 in W. H. Black Docquets Lett. Patent at Oxf. (1837) 336 The Office of Keeper of his Majesties standinge Wardrobe within the Castle of Windsor. 1746 W. Cooke tr. Sallust Jurguthine War in tr. Sallust Wks. 114 Albinus..kept the Army for the most part in a standing camp, except when the Stench or Want of Forage had compell'd him to change the situation. 1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign ix. 247 We got back to our standing camp outside the hills about mid-day. 2006 J. Burrell Rental Prop. Manager's Toolbox viii. 216 Standing guards are the most expensive of the two security systems, particularly when they are hired on a full-time basis. 2008 P. Lenihan in T. Pollard & I. Banks Scorched Earth 210 Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery's desiderata for a standing camp include a nearby river from which to drink and into which to tip dung and waste. < as lemmas |
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