单词 | to lay in a store |
释义 | > as lemmasto lay in a store a. A stock (of anything material or immaterial) laid up for future use. Phrase, to lay in a store. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > that which is stored or a store store1487 store1520 reserving1530 staple1549 forestore1556 conserve1586 budget1597 magazine1615 stock1638 stowaway1913 dump1915 bank1918 stockpile1942 1487–8 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 137 Beside this Ther is spente of your stoor, in lathes, xxiij c. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 22 Thresh barley thou shalt, for chapman to malt. Else thresh no more, but for thy store. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxxvii. sig. C4v For whether beauty, birth, or wealth, or wit,..Intitled in their parts, do crowned sit, I make my loue ingrafted to this store. 1725 I. Watts Logick i. v. 111 You..will obtain a rich Store of proper Thoughts and Arguments upon all Occasions. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 54 Their leaves must be gathered..and kept in a dry place, if it be necessary to lay in a store. 1808 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) I. i. 45 My desk usually contained a store of most miscellaneous volumes. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond xii All day she sat working at a little store of caps and dresses for the expected stranger. 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 407 The greater part of the nourishment to the seeds being furnished by the store laid up in the plant. 1845 G. P. R. James Arrah Neil I. ii. 22 Whenever I have an opportunity I lay in a store in my own stomach for the journey. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost Pref. p. ix These united would make a precious store for students and for preachers. 1881 S. P. Thompson in Jrnl. Soc. Arts 30 31/2 A piece of coal represents a store of energy. So does a bag of hydrogen gas. So does a piece of zinc. < as lemmas |
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