| 单词 | to get mastery |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get (also gain) (the) mastery a. Superiority or ascendancy in battle or competition, or in a struggle of any kind; victory resulting in domination or subjugation; an instance of this, a victory. Frequently in to get (also gain) (the) mastery. (In later use merging with sense 2a.) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] siȝec893 masteryc1225 conquestc1315 gree1320 victoryc1330 victor1390 victory1398 battlec1400 triumphc1412 masterdomc1475 victoragec1480 V1941 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] overhandc1175 masteryc1225 gree1320 betc1330 pricea1350 advantagea1393 overmasterya1400 voicea1400 betterc1405 higherc1450 prevaila1460 superiority1548 mastership1573 prevalence1604 eminence1609 privilegea1616 prevalency1623 upper fortunea1625 whipping-hand1682 whip hand1806 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > display of skill > an act or feat of skill masteryc1225 maistricec1390 feat1564 execution1581 stroke1672 tour de force1802 c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (1973) 133 Al ha icneowen ham..& ouercumen, & cweðen hire þe meistrie. c1300 St. Katherine (Laud) 128 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 96 (MED) Heo ne couþen answerie hire of neuere a word, and ȝeuen hire þe maistrie. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 1147 Þoru godes grace Hii adde þe maistrie of veld. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 21404 Þe mastri has king constantin Thoru þe cros and cristes might. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 320 Maystrye, or souerente, and heyare honde y(n) stryfe or werre. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 4502 Mars for his maisterris & for his many weris [etc.]. c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) lix (MED) Sum bird may cum and stryve In song with the, the maistry to purchace. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Tim. ii. 5 And though a man stryue for a mastrye [1611 for masteries]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xxv. 22 Yf a woman gett the mastrie, then is she contrary to hir huszbande. 1577 tr. ‘F. de L'Isle’ Legendarie sig. Gvijv To the end in case they yet once againe got the masterie, they should not harme her. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 899 Four Champions fierce Strive here for Maistrie . View more context for this quotation 1683 London Bully 58 While that we were discoursing with this Lord.., the Footmen got the Mastery of him, and bound his hands and feet. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph II. 220 Though she struggles with her illness, it still gets the mastery. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. 103 He..always gained the mastery in the end. 1973 K. Lines Greek Legends 160 There were many battles between the two armies..yet neither side gained mastery. < as lemmas |
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