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单词 to lead the van
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to lead the van
a. To have the first place in; to march in the front line of; literal and figurative esp. in to lead the dance (see dance n. 6), to lead the van.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > go in front of [verb (transitive)] > go at front of moving body
leadc1380
heada1522
spear-head1938
spear1951
the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > go first or in front [verb (intransitive)]
foregoc825
to go beforec1225
preamble1402
to beat a path1589
to lead the waya1593
preambulate1598
anteambulate1623
antecede1628
to lead the van1697
to take the (or a) lead1768
lead1798
to lead off1806
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 360 Crist þat lediþ þe daunce of love.
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Custome of Countrey ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aa3v/1 They heard your Lordship Was by the Ladies choise to lead the dance.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 465 Messapus leads the Van.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 565 Asylas leads the Chase.
1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough I. 98 The Grenadiers..led the Van.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 81 May our country ever lead The world, for she is worthiest.
1865 J. R. Lowell Wks. (1890) V. 285 A commonwealth whose greatest sin it has been to lead the van in freedom of opinion.
1869 A. W. Ward tr. E. Curtius Hist. Greece II. iii. iii. 478 In ancient times the choregi themselves led the chorus.
1884 Graphic 23 Aug. Your cousin Gordon and I..had led the van all the morning.
1893 Harper's Mag. Feb. 385/2 Of the causes..pneumonia led the list.
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to lead (†bear, †have) the van
b. figurative, esp. in the phrases to lead (bear, have) the van, and in the van.
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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
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advancing or progressing [phrase] > in the forefront
in the vana1661
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a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Bristol 34 Ratcliffe-Church esteemeth it a greater grace to lead the Van of all parochial, than to follow in the Rear after many Cathedral Churches in England.
1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 9 Why may not I justly bear the Van among the whole troop of Gods?
a1708 W. Beveridge Thes. Theologicus (1710) I. 234 The Apostle gives us a chain of all Christian graces: wherein..faith leads the van.
1772 J. W. Fletcher Logica Genevensis xii. 198 As Moses has led the van of these testimonies..and St. Paul the main body, permit St. James to bring up the rear.
1838 J. L. Stephens Incidents Trav. Greece, Turkey, Russia I. vii. 125 I could not follow them in their long and repeated kneelings and prostrations; but my young Greek..led the van.
(b)1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lvii. 250 The natural resources of the crown are no longer confided in. Corruption glitters in the van.1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. i, in Lamia & Other Poems 164 Be thou therefore in the van Of circumstance.1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. viii. 242 The chief of men is he who stands in the van of men.1879 J. Lubbock Addresses, Polit. & Educ. iv. 87 That nothing less will suffice here if we are to maintain our position in the van of industrial nations.
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