单词 | to fly compass |
释义 | > as lemmasto fly compass a. To pass or rise quickly in or through the air. Also with about, away, forth, off, out, up, etc. to fly compass: see compass adv. 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > become gas [verb (intransitive)] > become vapour > evaporate evaporate1567 exhalate1599 transpire1643 air1661 fly1732 OE Cynewulf Elene 140 Daroðæsc flugon, hildenædran. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 85 Þet smal chef þet flid ford mid þe winde. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 45/377 Ore leuedi made þe soule a-non to þe bodi aȝen fleo. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 6381 Hit [sc. the manna] flagh til ham als hit ware flour. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Lijv Boulettes of leade..flie not into the ayre by their awne power. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. ii. 112 You leaden messengers..Fly with false ayme. View more context for this quotation 1633 J. Shirley Young Admirall i. i Arrows that fly compass Arrive with..happiness to the mark. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 203 The spirit of Wine would immediately fly away. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics in tr. Virgil Wks. ii. 464 Golden Stars flew up to Light the Skies. View more context for this quotation 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vi. xiv. 52 That the volatile Salt or Spirit may fly off. 1741 S. Johnson Drake in Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 40 They..let the Smoak fly out at the Door. 1786 R. Burns Poems 212 Blinding drifts wild-furious flee, Dark'ning the day! 1807 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) II. 264 Sound flies..at the rate of about 1142 feet in 1 second. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II xi. 124 The dashing spray Flies in one's face. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 106 Fragments of ice flying in all directions. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xv. 100 Fleecy clouds flew over the heavens. < as lemmas |
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