| 单词 | to lay praise, one's blessing, etc upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lay praise, one's blessing, etc. upon a. To place (affection, hope, confidence) on or in a person or thing. †Also, to lay praise, one's blessing, etc. upon. to lay †prize, store upon: to value, set store by. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > regard as important to lay prize, store upona1307 counta1400 regard1509 esteema1568 to put (also place, etc.) on a pedestal1811 to give (full, due) weight to1885 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > trust in, rely on [verb (transitive)] > put trust in setc825 besetc1175 laya1307 putc1400 repose1538 pin1583 a1307 Thrush & Nightingale 158 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 56 Thou art ounwis, On hem to leggen so michel pris. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1846 For he nil falsen no wight, dar I seye, That wol his herte al hoolly on him leye. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1448 Þe loos on hire is leide. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18340 On all his santes..His saing laid þat drightin dere. c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 236 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 14 Sic loiss on hym-self he laide. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 51 My luf is laid apon ane knycht. 1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxi. vii Our king In heav'n his trust hath laied. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. iii. 2 We Great in our hope, lay our best loue and credence Vpon thy promising fortune. View more context for this quotation 1719 I. Watts Psalms of David 332 To heav'n I lift my waiting eyes, There all my hopes are laid. 1883 R. W. Dixon Mano i. xiv. 45 And though on Blanche his love was wholly laid. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxxiii. 365 Neither now or at any time..have I laid great store upon my life. < as lemmas |
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