单词 | to have in scanning |
释义 | > as lemmasto have (a matter) in scanning a. Close investigation or consideration, critical examination or judgement; discussion, comment, perception, discernment. Cf. scan v. 2b. Phrases, †to have (a matter) in scanning, †to come, fall to scanning. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [noun] examininga1325 examinationa1450 examine1494 examen1502 scanning1560 scrutation1593 scrutiny1604 pervestigation1610 microscope1671 introspectiona1676 scan1706 bolting1771 conning1823 grubbing1831 vivisection1880 searchlight1891 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > examine closely [verb (intransitive)] > be scrutinized to come, fall to scanning1560 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxxxviij Therfore muste prynces and noble men be at the skannyng therof. 1575 Record's Grounde of Artes (rev. ed.) Cc vj b If some cunning Lawyers had this matter in scanning, they would determine this Testament to be quite voide. ?1576 G. Gascoigne Spoyle of Antwerpe sig. C7 But I leaue the skanning of theyr deedes vnto God. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 57 Another question falleth sometimes into scanning, namely [etc.]. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xliii. 374/1 It was therefore instantly desired, that the cause might once more come to scanning. 1679 T. Hobbes Behemoth (unauthorized ed.) 3 The private Interpretation of the Scripture exposed to every Mans scanning in his Mother Tongue. 1699 J. Pomfret Marriage Earl of A—— 76 Ev'ry teeming thought, Is to the scanning of her judgment brought. 1714 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 3) I. iii. 413 They used a sweet fluent kind of Rhetorick..which..serv'd only to put a present good Face upon an Argument, but would not bear Scanning. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 165 The ‘Tree Igdrasil’ buds and withers by its own laws,—too deep for our scanning. < as lemmas |
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