英语词汇“to keep at staff's end”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†c. at (the) staff's end and variants: at a distance; in a distant or remote position; esp. (figurative) on distant, remote, or unfriendly terms. Chiefly in to keep (a person) at staff's end; similarly to stand at the staff's end: to remain distant or remote from a person or thing. Cf. at the stave's end at stave n.² Phrases 1. Obsolete.Early examples show the genitive form staves; compare discussion in etymology section.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [phrase] > not affable

at (the) staves end (also staff-endc1374

a thumb under the girdle1607

a1450 (c1375) G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite (Tanner 346) (1878) l. 184 This new lady holdeth vp [c1450 Fairf. 16 him vp] so narow vp bi the brydell atte the staues ende That euery worde he dred hit as an arow.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Eii^v And now without theim, I lyue here at staues ende.

1650 I. Ambrose Ultima 193 (Whosoever they are) that stand at the staffs end, he desires them to lay aside their weapons and come in.

a1780 A. Shirrefs Poems (1790) 215 Fowks that ha'e power to mak' an' men', Sud keep sic lads at the staff-en'.

1880 University Mag. (Dublin) Apr. 466/1 For God's sake keep the donor of your liquid at staff's end; a whole district of hell must have been boiled down to make that bottleful.

1890 W. S. Ross Roses & Rue 29 With quiet dignity, he keeps them at staff's end.

单词	to keep at staff's end
释义	> as lemmas to keep (a person) at staff's end †c. at (the) staff's end and variants: at a distance; in a distant or remote position; esp. (figurative) on distant, remote, or unfriendly terms. Chiefly in to keep (a person) at staff's end; similarly to stand at the staff's end: to remain distant or remote from a person or thing. Cf. at the stave's end at stave n.² Phrases 1. Obsolete.Early examples show the genitive form staves; compare discussion in etymology section. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [phrase] > not affable at (the) staves end (also staff-endc1374 a thumb under the girdle1607 a1450 (c1375) G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite (Tanner 346) (1878) l. 184 This new lady holdeth vp [c1450 Fairf. 16 him vp] so narow vp bi the brydell atte the staues ende That euery worde he dred hit as an arow. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Eii^v And now without theim, I lyue here at staues ende. 1650 I. Ambrose Ultima 193 (Whosoever they are) that stand at the staffs end, he desires them to lay aside their weapons and come in. a1780 A. Shirrefs Poems (1790) 215 Fowks that ha'e power to mak' an' men', Sud keep sic lads at the staff-en'. 1880 University Mag. (Dublin) Apr. 466/1 For God's sake keep the donor of your liquid at staff's end; a whole district of hell must have been boiled down to make that bottleful. 1890 W. S. Ross Roses & Rue 29 With quiet dignity, he keeps them at staff's end. extracted from staffn.¹ < as lemmas
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