| 单词 | to bide one's time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bide one's time 6. To wait for, await. Now only in the phrase, to bide one's time: to await one's opportunity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait for, await [verb (transitive)] bidec950 keepc1000 abideOE i-kepe?c1225 lookc1225 bidea1300 sustainc1350 await1393 remainc1455 tarry?a1475 attenda1513 expect1536 to stay on1540 watch1578 remain1585 staya1586 to stay for ——1602 tend1604 to bide upona1616 behold1642 prestolate1653 expecta1664 wait1746 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait, await [verb (intransitive)] > for an opportunity to wait one's (or the) time, hour, opportunity, etc.1303 watch?1473 to wait for dead men's shoes1550 to have an eye to the wood1578 to bide one's time1853 c950 Lindisf. G. Matt. xi. 3 Oðer we bidas. 971 Blickl. Hom. 7 Drihtnes engel bideþ þinre geþafunga. c1230 Hali Meid. 11 Eauer bide his grace. 1382 J. Wyclif Psalms cxviii. [cxix.] 166 I bod thin helthe ȝiuere, Lord. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 622 We byde þe here. c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 339 Atte Tarne Wathelan Bidus me Sir Gauan. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. ix. 122 Now at the dur deth reddy bydis me. 1611 Bible (King James) Wisd. viii. 12 When I hold my tongue they..shal bide my leisure. View more context for this quotation 1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. 3rd Ser. xvii. 218. §1 They bide their time and then suddenly present themselves. 1873 S. Smiles Huguenots in France i. ix. 191 They held their peace and bided their time. < as lemmas |
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