单词 | to blaze the way |
释义 | > as lemmasto blaze the way (trail, etc.) transitive. To mark (trees) with white by chipping off a piece of bark. Also to indicate (a spot or path) by such marks. Also transferred and figurative, esp. in to blaze the way (trail, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > mark tree ring1690 spot1740 blaze1750 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advance, progress, or develop [verb (intransitive)] > lead the way to begin, lead the dancec1325 to lead (also rule) the ringa1450 to lead (bear, have) the vana1661 pioneer1780 to take up the running1825 blaze1841 to lead the way1874 1750 T. Walker Jrnl. Explor. 30 Apr. (1888) 50 I Blazed a way from our House to the River. 1750 T. Walker Jrnl. Explor. 23 May 56 I Blazed several Trees in the fork. 1777 T. Anburey Trav. Amer. (1791) I. 263 For the more easy discovery of their way back again, their tomahawks are continually blazing the trees, which is cutting off a small piece of the bark. 1812 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec 24 A path tolerably distinct, which we made more so by blazing the trees. 1812 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec 24 Blazing every carrying-place. 1841 in Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) i. 70 I desire to new blaze landmarks which..have divided Federal and Democratic parties. 1850 Fraser's Mag. 41 22 The settlers..blazed roads through the woods, by chipping the bark off the trees. 1850 Southern Quarterly Rev. XVIII. 418 Champollion..having done little more than ‘blaze out’ the road to be travelled by others. 1859 J. G. Holland Gold Foil iii. 42 Plunge into the eternal forest that sleeps in front, and blaze the trees. 1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent II. xiii. 366 We ‘blazed’ very many of the largest with our hatchets. 1902 L. Mead Word-coinage vi Professor Bréal has blazed the way for future explorers in the wilderness of philology. 1904 Daily Chron. 29 Nov. 4/4 So intricate a maze that an old warder of long standing used to ‘blaze’ his way through the corridors with the help of a piece of chalk. 1910 G. H. Blakeslee in Advoc. Peace Dec. 263 Lord Morley..is following along the path which America has blazed in the Far East. 1937 Discovery Sept. p. lxxiii (advt.) Dufaycolor blazes a new trail! < as lemmas |
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