| 单词 | to break the pale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto break (also leap) the pale b. A limit, a boundary; a restriction; a defence, a safeguard. Frequently in to break (also leap) the pale: to go beyond accepted bounds; to transgress. Now rare and literary. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [noun] > means of protection or defence hornc825 shieldc1200 warranta1272 bergha1325 armour1340 hedge1340 defencec1350 bucklerc1380 protectiona1382 safety1399 targea1400 suretyc1405 wall1412 pavise?a1439 fencec1440 safeguard?c1500 pale?a1525 waretack1542 muniment1546 shrouda1561 bulwark1577 countermure1581 ward1582 prevention1584 armourya1586 fortificationa1586 securitya1586 penthouse1589 palladium1600 guard1609 subtectacle1609 tutament1609 umbrella1609 bastion1615 screena1616 amulet1621 alexikakon1635 breastwork1643 security1643 protectionary1653 sepiment1660 back1680 shadower1691 aegis1760 inoculation1761 buoya1770 propugnaculum1773 panoply1789 armament1793 fascine1793 protective1827 beaver1838 face shield1842 vaccine1861 zariba1885 wolf-platform1906 firebreak1959 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] goalc1350 bounda1387 list1389 finea1400 frontier1413 enda1425 limit1439 buttal1449 headroom1462 band1470 mete?1473 buttinga1475 bounder1505 pale?a1525 butrelle1546 scantlet1547 limesa1552 divisec1575 meta1587 line1595 marginc1595 closure1597 Rubicon1613 bournea1616 boundary1626 boundure1634 verge1660 terminary1670 meta1838 ?a1525 (?a1475) Play Sacrament l. 207 in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 64 Myt we yt gete onys within our pales, I trowe we shuld sone affter putt yt in a praye [read preve]. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 13874 The buerne..Past ouer the pale and the pale ythes. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 12 This is the pale, and preseruatiue of pietie. 1671 F. Philipps Regale Necessarium 515 Nothing within the pale or verge of Reason, or the fancy or imagination of any. 1713 C. Johnson Successful Pyrate i. i. 3 He has leapt the Pale of Custom, and is a Royal Out-law. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 163. ⁋14 When the pale of ceremony is broken. 1790 G. Colman Battle of Hexham i. 21 Grim death, breaking the pale of time, shall stride the field with slaughterous step. 1817 W. Scott Poet. Wks. (1841) 661 Italian license loves to leap the pale, We Britons have the fear of shame before us, And, if not wise in mirth, at least must be decorous. 1869 W. J. Courthope Ludibria Lunae iv. 135 Now hath Science broke the pale. Your Gods are fled! Ye planets, hail! 1907 J. Davidson Triumph of Mammon i. i. 11 I broke the pale Of Christendom, displeased because no God Regarded me when..I sought A message from on high. < as lemmas |
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