英语词汇“to light on one's feet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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†P1. to light low and variants: to suffer misfortune or adversity; to be degraded or humiliated; to be brought low. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > be humiliated [verb (intransitive)]

to light lowc1225

to lie lowa1275

to carry (also bear) coalsa1529

to eat the (or one's) leek1600

to lose caste1828

to eat dirt1857

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall down or from erect position > specifically of person or animal

to light lowc1225

wendc1300

to seek to the earth or groundc1330

tumblea1375

stretchc1400

to take a fall1413

to blush to the eartha1500

to come down1603

to go to grassa1640

to be floored1826

to take a spilla1845

to come (fall, get) a cropper1858

to hunt grass1872

to come (also have) a buster1874

to hit the deck1954

c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 50 Þe of se muchel hehschipe, & se seli freodom, schal lihte se lahe.

c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 3340 Wel louwe he dede hem liȝt Wiþ diolful dintes sare.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 2362 Ȝit liȝt he law at þe last for all his lethire prid.

1570 Tressoun of Dumbartane in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 172 Law sall he lycht downe.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. l. 12357 Scho makis ane man rycht lawlie for to lycht, Quhome of befoir scho set so hie on hicht.

P2. to light on (also upon) one's feet (or legs).

a. To land on one's feet after jumping or falling. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Ad pedes defilio, I light on my fete.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. i. 244 If he must down, he seeks to fall easily, and if possible, to light on his legs.

1845 Amer. Rev. Oct. 372/1 He lit upon his feet, and, with inconceivable agility, sprang upon his horse again.

1911 Railway Surg. Jrnl. Sept. 8/1 He jumped, lighting on his feet on the smooth, hard ground.

1933 West Australian 7 Oct. The rigging broke his fall and he lighted on his feet unhurt.

†b. To find oneself in a favourable situation, esp. unexpectedly or by good fortune. Obsolete.Cf. to fall on one's feet at fall v. Phrases 1e, to fall on one's legs at leg n. Phrases 1f.

ΚΠ

1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 282 He's like a cat; fling him which way you will he'll light on's legs.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Let. 23 Dec. (1887) 158 I have made scores of new acquaintances and lighted on my legs as usual.

1907 H. S. Person Industr. Educ. xiii. 78 That the college-trained man is able to light upon his feet, whatever happens, has become proverbial.

1922 Munsey's Mag. Feb. 15/1 ‘I tell you, you've lit on your feet!’ ‘I sure did,’ the wounded soldier agreed with all the heartiness possible.

单词	to light on one's feet
释义	> as lemmas to light on (also upon) one's feet (or legs) Phrases †P1. to light low and variants: to suffer misfortune or adversity; to be degraded or humiliated; to be brought low. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > be humiliated [verb (intransitive)] to light lowc1225 to lie lowa1275 to carry (also bear) coalsa1529 to eat the (or one's) leek1600 to lose caste1828 to eat dirt1857 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall down or from erect position > specifically of person or animal to light lowc1225 wendc1300 to seek to the earth or groundc1330 tumblea1375 stretchc1400 to take a fall1413 to blush to the eartha1500 to come down1603 to go to grassa1640 to be floored1826 to take a spilla1845 to come (fall, get) a cropper1858 to hunt grass1872 to come (also have) a buster1874 to hit the deck1954 c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 50 Þe of se muchel hehschipe, & se seli freodom, schal lihte se lahe. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 3340 Wel louwe he dede hem liȝt Wiþ diolful dintes sare. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 2362 Ȝit liȝt he law at þe last for all his lethire prid. 1570 Tressoun of Dumbartane in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 172 Law sall he lycht downe. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. l. 12357 Scho makis ane man rycht lawlie for to lycht, Quhome of befoir scho set so hie on hicht. P2. to light on (also upon) one's feet (or legs). a. To land on one's feet after jumping or falling. Now rare. ΚΠ 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Ad pedes defilio, I light on my fete. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. i. 244 If he must down, he seeks to fall easily, and if possible, to light on his legs. 1845 Amer. Rev. Oct. 372/1 He lit upon his feet, and, with inconceivable agility, sprang upon his horse again. 1911 Railway Surg. Jrnl. Sept. 8/1 He jumped, lighting on his feet on the smooth, hard ground. 1933 West Australian 7 Oct. The rigging broke his fall and he lighted on his feet unhurt. †b. To find oneself in a favourable situation, esp. unexpectedly or by good fortune. Obsolete.Cf. to fall on one's feet at fall v. Phrases 1e, to fall on one's legs at leg n. Phrases 1f. ΚΠ 1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 282 He's like a cat; fling him which way you will he'll light on's legs. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Let. 23 Dec. (1887) 158 I have made scores of new acquaintances and lighted on my legs as usual. 1907 H. S. Person Industr. Educ. xiii. 78 That the college-trained man is able to light upon his feet, whatever happens, has become proverbial. 1922 Munsey's Mag. Feb. 15/1 ‘I tell you, you've lit on your feet!’ ‘I sure did,’ the wounded soldier agreed with all the heartiness possible. extracted from lightv.¹ < as lemmas
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