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单词 to fasten the feet
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to fasten the feet
P1. to fasten the feet and variants: to plant one's feet, to obtain a sure foothold; (also) to enable a person to obtain a sure foothold or secure position. Obsolete.
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the world > space > place > position or situation > be positioned or situated [verb (intransitive)] > take up position > firmly or with sure foothold > give sure foothold
to fasten the feetc1400
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 273 Þer he [sc. Jonah] festnes þe fete.
a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 5 (MED) Þe toode..ȝede vp on þe brest of þe knyȝt, afore þe herte, And ther he fastenyd his iiij feete.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xl. 25 Golde and syluer fasten the fete [L. est constitutio pedum].
1643 E. Bowles Plaine Eng. 22 Men walking among Quagmires, know not where to fasten a foot.
1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal 46 His sinewy Arm (able to roll the Earth about, if he had but a place whereon to fasten his foot) should give the Truth of it.
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