| 单词 | to lie over |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lie over to lie over 1. To be held over or deferred to a future occasion. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] geleOE studegieOE abideOE to do in or a (= on) fristc1175 dwellc1175 demurc1230 targec1250 dretcha1325 tarrya1375 sojourn1377 defer1382 letc1385 hinderc1386 blina1400 delay?a1400 honea1400 litea1400 overbidea1400 prolongc1425 supersede1433 hoverc1440 tarrowc1480 sunyie1488 stay?a1500 sleep1519 slack1530 protract1540 linger1548 procrastinate1548 slackc1560 slug1565 jauk1568 temporize1579 detract1584 longering1587 sit1591 prorogue1593 to time it out1613 to lie out1640 crastinate1656 taigle17.. to hang fire1782 to hold off1790 to hang it on1819 prevaricate1854 to lie over1856 to tread water1942 to drag one's feet1946 1856 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 294 I have a strange story to tell you..but that must lie over, or I shall miss the omnibus. 2. ‘To remain unpaid after the time when payment is due’ (Craig 1848). 3. Nautical. (See quot. 1867.) ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Lie over, a ship heeling to it with the wind abeam. 4. U.S. To suspend travelling; to stop. ΚΠ 1849 Executive Documents U.S. Senate (31st Congress, 1st Sess.) No. 64. 186 But I shall make an early drive and ‘lie over’ tomorrow at the first water. 1854 J. R. Bartlett Personal Narr. Explor. & Incidents II. xlv. 538 We arrived there too late for the morning cars. We had, therefore, to lie over a day. 1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy 181 We overtook a number of wagons loaded with wool, lying over, as it was Sunday. < as lemmas |
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