| 单词 | to lay the dust |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lay the dust a. To cause to subside (the sea, a tempest, a cloud of dust, etc.); †to put a stop to (an annoyance) (obsolete); to allay (anxiety), appease (anger, appetite, etc.). Now archaic or dialect except in to lay the dust. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > assuage or calm laya1300 disarm?c1400 lithec1430 mitigatea1513 charmc1540 hush1632 assopiatea1649 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > assuage or calm > specific natural elements laya1300 mesec1480 allay1493 the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > be relieved of [verb (transitive)] > console or relieve > relieve (suffering) lissea1000 alightOE allayc1225 softc1225 comfort1297 laya1300 eathea1325 allegea1375 appeasec1374 laska1375 slakea1387 releasea1393 balma1400 to bete one of one's balea1400 to cool a person's caresc1400 delivera1413 leggea1425 mitigate?a1425 repress?a1425 alleviate?a1475 allevya1500 alleve1544 leviate1545 lenify1567 allevate1570 ungrieve1589 straight1604 mulcify1653 balsama1666 solace1667 meliorate1796 a1300 E.E. Psalter lxxxiv. 4 Þou leyed alle þi wreth þat þou was inne. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. vi. 112 Yf the eye lyddes..ben full of flesshe wythin..thenne he layeth the syghte [L. visum impediunt]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 5990 To morwe shul þo fliȝes be leide. c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 1782 If ye me doo as ye me seid, A grete part of my care is leid. a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 203 Ȝit come I hame, fals baird, to lay thy boist. 1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. A.iijv Moue not an euyll that is well laied. 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 8 Terpandrus with his notes, laieth the tempest. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iii. 31 See how I lay the dust with my teares. View more context for this quotation a1645 W. Laud Serm. (1847) 127 To show His disciples that His command could lay the sea. 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico iv. 77 This report he was so farre from sleighting..that he laid it, before it could passe out of Spain. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 426 Who..still'd the roar Of thunder, chas'd the clouds, and laid the winds. View more context for this quotation 1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur i. 10 Th' enchanted Winds straightway their Fury laid. 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) To lay the Stomach for a while, Etourdir la grosse faim. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 465. ¶1 The doubt that was laid revives again. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 60 He upon his coming over did for some time lay the heats that were among the Highlanders. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxii. 308 ‘It was merely to lay the dust’, said Bell, as though she had ordered the shower. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. iii. x. 181 To lay the secret misgivings, which had begun to rise in his mind. 1891 S. O. Addy Suppl. Gloss. Words Sheffield (at cited word) ‘The bit of fish as you sent me laid my appetite’. 1900 Q. Rev. Apr. 459 These fears ought now to be laid. < as lemmas |
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