| 单词 | to break time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto break time a. a law, commandment, rule, requirement; a thing sanctified by law or ordinance, as the Sabbath, the king's peace, a sanctuary. †to break time (Music): to fail to keep time. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > refuse to submit to [verb (transitive)] > break a (rule, command, or provision) breakOE to-breaka1067 again-come1400 violate?a1475 transgress1526 refringe1530 infringe1533 prevaricate1541 contravene1567 temerate1635 outrage1655 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > break the law [verb (transitive)] breakOE exceed1393 violate?a1475 trespass1484 infringe1533 contravene1567 outrage1655 transgress1660 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [verb (intransitive)] > keep time > fail to keep time drag?a1500 to break time1591 OE Daniel 298 We ðæs lifgende worhton on worulde, eac ðon wom dyde user yldran; for oferhygdum bræcon bebodo burhsittende, had oferhogedon halgan lifes. 1023 Chart. Canute in Cod. Dipl. IV. 24 Gif ænig is ðæt gewilnað to brekenne..ðas ure gefæstnunge. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 79 He..brec cristes heste. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 179 Þat..brecð grið þar he hit healde sholde. c1375 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 95 He brac þe Sabot. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ii. 82 Unboxome and bolde to breke þe ten hestes. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13808 Þou carl, qui brekes þou vr lau. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11992 Hu iesus brickes vr halidai. 1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. K Cruell Orpheus..Seeking to kisse her, brok'st the Gods decree. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. v. 43 Keepe time, how sowre sweete Musicke is When time is broke, and no proportion kept. View more context for this quotation 1668 A. Marvell Let. 9 May in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 75 We had broke no privilege of the Lords. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 228 [He] Ingag'd the Constable to cease All those, that would not break the Peace. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. liv. 233 The laws have..been shamefully broken. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxiii. 231 As refined as Mrs. Bull, who breaks the King's English. < as lemmas |
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