英语词汇“to give the word”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(b) to give the word: (a) to utter the password in answer to a challenge from a guard, sentry, etc.; (b) to declare what password is to be used. Now rare.

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1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xx. 91 Lear. Giue the word? Edg. Sweet Margerum. Lear. Passe.

1667 Duchess of Newcastle Life Duke of Newcastle ii. 60 He offer'd my Lord the Keys of the City, and desir'd him to give the Word that night.

1721 T. D'Urfey Grecian Heroine v. i, in New Opera's 137 Stand, give the Word e'er you pass farther.

1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. v. 93 He gave the word, and the gate was opened.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 679 The first morning on which Marlborough had the command, he gave the word ‘Wirtemberg’.

1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow ii. v. 139 ‘Who goes?’ cried the man in command. ‘Will Lawless, by the rood—ye know me as well as your own hand,’ returned the outlaw, contemptuously. ‘Give the word, Lawless,’ returned the other.

1977 S. MacManus Story Irish Race (rev. ed.) 446 A sentry challenged. ‘Advance and give the word!’

单词	to give the word
释义	> as lemmas to give the word (b) to give the word: (a) to utter the password in answer to a challenge from a guard, sentry, etc.; (b) to declare what password is to be used. Now rare. ΚΠ 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xx. 91 Lear. Giue the word? Edg. Sweet Margerum. Lear. Passe. 1667 Duchess of Newcastle Life Duke of Newcastle ii. 60 He offer'd my Lord the Keys of the City, and desir'd him to give the Word that night. 1721 T. D'Urfey Grecian Heroine v. i, in New Opera's 137 Stand, give the Word e'er you pass farther. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. v. 93 He gave the word, and the gate was opened. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 679 The first morning on which Marlborough had the command, he gave the word ‘Wirtemberg’. 1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow ii. v. 139 ‘Who goes?’ cried the man in command. ‘Will Lawless, by the rood—ye know me as well as your own hand,’ returned the outlaw, contemptuously. ‘Give the word, Lawless,’ returned the other. 1977 S. MacManus Story Irish Race (rev. ed.) 446 A sentry challenged. ‘Advance and give the word!’ extracted from wordn.int. < as lemmas
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