请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 to lay open
释义

> as lemmas

to 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.
extracted from openadj.
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.
extracted from openadj.
<
as lemmas
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 20:43:13