| 单词 | to make or go the circuit of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make or go the circuit of d. Phrases (sometimes influenced by 4), as in †to go, ride, walk circuit = one's round. to †fetch, make, take a circuit: to make a detour, take a circuitous or round-about course. to make or go the circuit of: to go round, go the round of. †to run circuit with (figurative): (apparently) to follow the same lines as, to be concomitant with. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > change course or turn off > diverge from direct course > make a detour to cast, fet, fetch, go, take a compass?a1500 to fetch a windlass1530 to fetch about1551 to fetch, make, take a circuit1665 elbow1804 detour1836 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct (one's course, steps, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > make circuit of viron1382 compassc1384 umbecastc1400 circuea1450 circuitc1550 circle1582 circum-pass1588 round1591 surround1638 encompass1640 circumvent1840 circuitize1846 to make or go the circuit ofa1876 girdle1901 orbit1946 a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 163 To fetch the cyrcuyte about Christendome. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Gv Fetchynge about a circuite or compasse. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. 1 Kings xviii. 6 They divided the countries..that they might goe circuite about them. 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 10 The rest of this will run circuit with the union of one flesh, which was answer'd before. 1656 R. Vines Treat. Lords-supper (1677) 4 The destroying angel, that rode circuit that night. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 295 Verdugo..got past the Rhine, by taking a long Circuit. 1751 Earl of Chatham Lett. to Nephew (1804) ii. 5 Your letter..after making a considerable circuit to find me. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. xiii. 184 Now the Marquess..‘went the circuit’, that is to say, made the grand tour of the suite of apartments. 1836 J. Murray Hand-bk. for Travellers on Continent 407/1 The pedestrian..should make a circuit to the left. a1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches II. i. i. 5 Making a circuit of the neighbouring towns. < as lemmas |
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