单词 | to stand to arms |
释义 | > as lemmasto stand to (one's) arms k. to stand to (one's) arms: to stand in battle order with arms presented; to prepare for battle. ΚΠ 1614 T. Dale Let. 18 June in R. Hamor True Disc. Present Estate Virginia (1615) 53 We were very cautious & stood to our arms. 1644 W. Prynne & C. Walker True Relation Prosecution N. Fiennes App. 26 Gentlemen, under paine of death stand to your Armes. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 6. ⁋11 The Intendant had ordered some Companies of Marines,..to stand to their Arms to protect him from Violence. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) iv. ii. 122 Confusion! Stand to your arms. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 364 In case of Alarm, the Guard is immediately to stand to their Arms. 1847 G. R. Gleig Battle of Waterloo 108 No cry of ‘Stand to your arms!’ or other notices expressive of danger near at hand. 1922 E. H. G. Roberts Story of ‘9th King's’ in France iii. 61 Those who stood to arms in the whizz-banged trench in the cold raw hour of dawn. 1940 Times of India 29 Oct. 7/6 Gen. de Gaulle said..‘Be prepared. Stand to your arms.’ 2004 Irish Times 23 Mar. 17/5 At 2 a.m. on May 24th, 1915, the Royal Irish were stood to arms near Mouse Trap Farm. < as lemmas |
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