| 单词 | take stand | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take stand  a.  A person's standing place or position. Also figurative. Also in  to take one's stand and  †to take stand(poetic). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > 			[noun]		 > where one takes up a position, residence, etc. space?a1400 standa1400 stance1532 settling1582 station1587 consistory1592 roosting place1643 pitch1699 standing place1736 terrain1832 a1400						 (a1325)						    Cursor Mundi 		(Vesp.)	 1694  				Siþen efter alþernest hand þe meke beistes sal haue þair stand. a1500						 (?a1390)						    J. Mirk Festial 		(Gough)	 		(1905)	 249  				Come now wyth me, and stond on ȝondyr stonde befor þe and loke downeward. 1595    S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres  iii. cxxv. sig. S2  				Nay father since your fortune did attaine So hye a stand: I meane not to descend, Replyes the Prince. a1616    W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar 		(1623)	  ii. iv. 27  				Por. Is Cæsar yet gone to the Capitoll? Sooth. Madam not yet, I go to take my stand, To see him  passe.       View more context for this quotation 1667    J. Milton Paradise Lost  iv. 395  				Then from his loftie stand on that high Tree Down he  alights.       View more context for this quotation 1713    A. Pope Windsor-Forest 6  				Beneath the quiv'ring Shade..The patient Fisher takes his silent Stand. 1827    W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in  Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. iv. 114  				He saw from his lofty stand all the dumb show of gallantry. 1885    R. Bridges Eros & Psyche  i. xxiii. 10  				She passed, and taking stand Upon its taper horn of furthest land, Looked left and right. 1931    M. A. Barnes Westward Passage vi. 215  				Little Olivia was looking at her mother very steadily from her stand near the door. to take (the) stand  18.  Falconry. A position of rest from flight, esp. on a raised perch or roost. Frequently in  to take (the) stand,  to go to (the) stand. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > 			[noun]		 > hawk > resting place or nest stand1578 eyrie1667 1578    J. Lyly Euphues f. 24  				Lucilla..fearing he would take stande if the lure were not cast out, toke him by the hand and..began thus to comfort him. 1583    R. Greene Mamillia  i. f. 4v  				The hawke that commeth at the first cal, wil neuer be stedfast on the stond. 1615    G. Markham Countrey Contentments  i. viii. 93 		(margin)	  				Helps for faults in long winged hawkes, and first of the stand. 1678    J. Ray Summary of Falconry v, in  tr.  F. Willughby Ornithol. 409  				Remedy for a Hawk taking Stand in a Tree... When..your Hawk hath stooped, and endeavours to go to Stand [etc.]. 1753    Country Gentleman's Compan. 41  				When you lure the Hawk, cast your Lure into some low Tree or Bush, that thereby you may bring her to take the Stand. 1899    Country Life Illustr. 28 Oct. 535/2  				A good bird has been known to take stand for no reason whatever, and refuse to come down to dead lure, live rabbits or pigeons. 1993    M. Hollinshead Hawking Ground Quarry i. 21  				To be successful in hunting these hare, the hawk must be taught to take stand high up in a tree. < as lemmas  | 
	
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