单词 | to lie in leaguer |
释义 | > as lemmasto lie in leaguer b. spec. of a host or army (or its leader): To be encamped, to have or take up a position in a field. †to lie in leaguer: see leaguer n.1 1b. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (intransitive)] > take up position liec1275 stalla1425 sleeve1598 to draw up1642 to take post1659 concentrate1813 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 327 He..leai þer-abuten & abat his bale-siðes. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur ii. vi For the kyng Ryons lyeth at a syege atte castel Tarabil. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xv. 239 The saisnes..laye that nyght stille armed. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxi. 213 Ye admyrall that lay at sege before ye castell. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclix The kyng laie before Bullein, and was like to haue conquered thesame. 1644 J. Vicars Jehovah-jireh 146 Their Forces which had lyen long before Sherborne. a1671 T. Fairfax Short Mem. (1699) 28 At Wakefield, six miles off, lay three thousand of the enemy. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 71 The Army lay under their Arms all Night. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 294 Near the capital lay also the corps which is now designated as the first regiment of dragoons. < as lemmas |
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