单词 | to keep day |
释义 | > as lemmasto keep (one's) day a. An appointed day; esp. a day formally designated or agreed for a payment, meeting, judgement, judicial hearing, etc., to take place. Frequently in to keep (one's) day. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [noun] > an appointed or fixed time, day, or date tidea900 stemOE stevena1225 term?c1225 dayc1300 term dayc1300 stagea1325 hourc1380 setnessa1400 tryst1488 journeyc1500 big day1827 trysting day1842 c1300 St. Nicholas (Laud) 334 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 250 Þis luþere cristine man, þo it cam to is daye, Þat gold nolde he ȝelde nouȝt, ake þouȝte þane giv bi-traye. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 189 Þe dettoures myȝte nouȝt pay here money at here day. c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) l. 792 (MED) He wolde..Come afore þe iustice to kepen his day. a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 59 (MED) Diuers days wer kept be forme of lawe to preuyn wheþyr [etc.]. a1500 Merchant & Son l. 13 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 133 In cas he faylyd hys day. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 556 The king of Scottis..come thair to keip his da. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. iii. 162 If he should breake his day what should I gaine by the exaction of the forfeyture? View more context for this quotation 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xvi. 313 Or if my Debtors do not keep their day. 1758 J. Hoadly tr. Martial Epigrams in Coll. of Poems V. 286 Ah! cease your arts—death knows you're grey, And spite of all, will keep his day. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. ix. 192 Well, Edie, if I procure your freedom, you must keep your day, and appear to clear me of the bail-bond. 1872 H. Bushnell Serm. Living Subj. xvi. 318 Christ, in the interval between his resurrection and ascension, keeps day with his disciples. 1986 W. D. Paden et al. tr. B. de Born Poems v. 374 Never did a seagoing ship..ever endure worse..than I do for the lady who doesn't want to retain me, who won't keep the day, the hour, or the promises she makes me. < as lemmas |
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