| 单词 | to lay abroad |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lay abroad to lay abroad transitive. To spread out; to set out for view; to spread (a net). Obsolete exc. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > spread (something) out or open abredeeOE bredeOE stretcha1000 to-spreada1000 openOE spreadc1175 displayc1320 to let outc1380 to open outc1384 outspreada1400 spald?a1400 splayc1402 expand?a1475 to lay along1483 speld?a1500 skail1513 to set abroad1526 to lay abroad1530 flarec1550 bespread1557 to set out1573 dispread1590 explaina1600 expanse1600 dispack1605 splat1615 dispand1656 extend1676 flat1709 spelder1710 spreadeagle1829 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 601/1 I laye abrode clothes in the sonne to be ayred or dried... I laye abrode, as hunters or fysshers do their nettes... I laye abrode monay, or vessell, or bookes to be vewed, je mets au large. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings xix. 14 Whan Ezechias had receaued the letters..[he] layed them abrode before the Lorde. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie L 54 To laie abroade hey in the sunne to drie. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies v. xxiv. 395 Hauing layed abroade these bones. 1883 R. W. Dixon Mano i. xvi. 50 For he abroad capacious nets had laid. < as lemmas |
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