单词 | to put a girdle about |
释义 | > as lemmasto put (also make, cast) a girdle (round) about ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > cause to move in circle or curve [verb (transitive)] > move in circle round something umgoa1300 compassc1384 gyrec1420 environ?a1425 circuitc1550 revolve1559 circle1582 to put (also make, cast) a girdle (round) about1600 encirclea1616 encompass1640 whirla1657 circulate1685 gird1688 circumgyrate1868 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 175 Ile put a girdle, round about the earth, in forty minutes. View more context for this quotation 1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good sig. C2v About the world My trauailes make a girdle. 1621 T. Middleton Sunne in Aries sig. Bv Sir Francis Drake..did cast a Girdle about the world. c1626 Dick of Devonshire (1955) 873 They would have thought themselves as famous as their Countryman that putt a girdle round about ye world. < as lemmas |
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