单词 | to lay open |
释义 | > as lemmasto lay open 24. Exposed to the mind, brought to light; evident, plain, clear, easy to understand. Now chiefly in to lay open: to reveal, explain, expose.In quot. 1395 opin at ighe has the sense ‘plain to see’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > [adjective] sutelc897 openeOE plaina1398 sada1400 familiar1509 facile1531 lightsome1532 well-determined1560 pervial1595 uncurious1601 articulate1603 distinct1609 unmisinterpretablea1631 dilucida1640 limpid1649 dilucidate1651 unmysterious1663 incurious1664 elucidatea1670 accessible1681 distinguished1700 dilucidated1759 unmistakable1822 black and white1838 clear-cut1843 square on1963 society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [adjective] sutelc897 openeOE ebera975 graithc1325 broadc1374 plainc1375 clearc1380 grossc1380 manifest1385 notoire1409 patent1508 sensible?1531 discovered1537 plain as a pikestaff (also packstaff, pad-staff)1542 palpable1545 demonstrative1552 plain as the nose on (in) one's face1560 illustrate1562 appearing1566 notorious1581 obvious1583 unshadowed1593 transparent1597 liquid1610 visible1614 pellucid1644 illustrious1654 apertive1661 conspectable1727 suggestive1806 eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxxvi. 106 Ða cwæð ic: genog open hit is. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 732 Þatt wass..full openn takenn. Þatt heore streon wass drihhtin leof. c1300 St. Mary Magdalen (Laud) 270 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 470 (MED) Dame, ȝwat schulle we do Of þisse opene warningue þat is i-come us to? Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 51 (MED) It is opin at ighe that the bisshop of Rome hath not so greet power in worchyng of miraclis..as Petir and Poul hadden. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 6802 (MED) Þe goddes..maken open þat is nowe secre. c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 27 (MED) In uirgil bookes be founde open testimonies of cristis birth. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxxvi. 31 This has na nede of expounynge, for it is opon ynoghe. 1588 J. Udall State Church of Eng. sig. B3v Lay open your former speeches, that I may vnderstand your meaning. 1675 R. Vaughan Disc. Coin & Coinage i I do intent to lay open all the mysteries to the comprehension of the attentive Reader. 1732 J. Swift Proposal to pay off Debt of Nation in Considerations Two Bills (new ed.) 24 My Proposal, which I shall now lay open to the Publick. 1799 J. Mackintosh Study Law Nature & Nations in Wks. (1846) I. 379 I shall next endeavour to lay open the general principles of civil and criminal laws. 1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 68 They..laid open to him the whole scheme of Mr. Astor..and inquired whether they..could lawfully engage in it. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde ix. 103 A new province of knowledge and new avenues to fame and power shall be laid open to you. a1935 E. A. Robinson Genevieve & Alexandra in Coll. Poems (1937) 875 We've each of us a book To read that has a leaf we'll not lay open. 1992 S. Rose Making of Memory 32 I am trying to lay open my craft, to desacralize the doing of an experimental science. to lay (also leave) open b. to lay (also leave) open: to make vulnerable to; to expose or make subject to attack, criticism, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > make subject to an action or influence obtain1425 subjecta1450 to put forth1482 to set out1579 expose1594 to lay (also leave) open1595 render1642 to get (also put, have, etc.) on the run1909 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres ii. cvi. sig. L3v So fares this king layd open to disgrace. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 199 There hath proceeded enough from his own mouth to lay him open to condemnation. View more context for this quotation 1793 A. Kippis Biogr. Brit. (ed. 2) V. 596 Dr. Bennet..laid himself open to the strictures both of Trinitarian and Unitarian Divines. 1829 W. Scott Waverley (new ed.) I. Gen. Pref. p. xxvii The alternative..must have left me open to the degrading suspicion that I was not unwilling to assume the merit. 1891 A. Conan Doyle Case of Identity in Strand Mag. Sept. 258/1 As long as you keep that door locked you lay yourself open to an action for assault and illegal constraint. 1931 T. R. G. Lyell Slang, Phrase & Idiom Colloq. Eng. 455 Judging by the people he knows and the books he reads and recommends, he certainly lays himself open to the suspicion of being one [sc. a Communist]. 2000 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 5 May 12/3 That would leave the Government open to accusations of short-termism. < as lemmas |
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