单词 | to go on foot |
释义 | > as lemmasto go on foot (b) In motion, astir, on the move. In early use also in † to go on foot: to be alive and active. Cf. afoot adv. 2. Now somewhat rare (chiefly Hunting in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > [adverb] > in motion aboutc1325 on footc1400 afoot1786 astir1856 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 432 Þer ever flote, oþer flwe, oþer on fote ȝede. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2363 (MED) Þe fautlest freke þat euer on fote ȝede. c1440 (a1400) Sir Eglamour (Thornton) (1965) l. 264 (MED) I sall ȝow gyffe twa gud grewhundis..Þer es no beste on erthe þat ranne On fote þay will hym to. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxi. l. 218 (MED) The fairest womman that of feet myht gon. 1518 H. Watson tr. Hystorye Olyuer of Castylle li. sig. Lviiv The wylde bore came that was on fote, and trauersed afore hym. 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune xix. f. 24 To what ende serueth that vnprofitable cost..to bryng so great a troupe into one court, but only to boast thy selfe among thy neyghbours, and as it were thy selfe beyng on foote, to make a voluptuous triumphe of thy banquettes? 1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Eiij When thou hast on foote the purblind hare, Marke..How he outruns the wind. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. iii. 43 The Centurions, and their charges..to be on foot at an houres warning. View more context for this quotation 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation i. 47 When the Hare is started and on foot. 1780 J. Burgoyne Lord of Manor 6 The war is begun, The foe is on foot. a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 161 Every body in Jamaica is on foot by six in the morning. 1885 T. Roosevelt Hunting Trips 280 Though I got very close up to my game, they were on foot before I saw them. 1914 Game Breeder Feb. 141/1 I took the dog with me, and we soon had more hares on foot. 1975 Chron. Horse 21 Nov. 11/1 There were two, or maybe three foxes on foot in Thompson's Hill. < as lemmas |
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