| 单词 | threshold stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthreshold stone a. In sense 1, as in threshold step, threshold stone, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [adjective] > relating to a threshold threshold1535 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings xxii. 5 The money that is brought vnto ye house of ye Lorde (which the tresholde kepers haue gathered). a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) vi. 95 The hangings too, and threshold-boughs yet green. 1678 T. Otway Friendship in Fashion v. 55 Let all the Doors be barr'd.., and Gunpowder under each Threshold-place. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. i. 9 No living wight, save the Ladye alone, Had dared to cross the threshold stone. 1842 Ld. Tennyson St. Simeon Stylites in Poems (new ed.) II. 62 His footsteps smite the threshold stairs Of life. 2005 A. Coburn Glint xviii. 316 The lift..came to a sudden halt with the threshold step of the door just above the platform railing. < as lemmas |
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