单词 | to start to |
释义 | > as lemmasto start to —— to start to —— ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp > specifically a weapon to start to ——c1450 c1450 (c1350) Alexander & Dindimus (Bodl.) (1929) 127 Þanne [buskede] a bold kniht & to a bow stirte. c1450 (?a1400) Sege Melayne (1880) l. 331 And Rowland styrte þan to a brande And hastily hent it owte of a saraȝene hande. 1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados xii. f. cccxliii In the ciete Vtheris stert to thare wappinnis, and thare gere For to defend thare toun. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1848) II. 321 He starte to ane halbart, and ten men war skarse able to hald him. a1628 J. Carmichaell Coll. Prov. in Scots (1957) 109 Weil quo Will quhen his wife dang him, sche start to a sting and said she sould hang him. 1814 W. Scott Border Antiq. I. Introd. p. cxix These ready warriors immediately starting to their weapons, fought it out manfully. 1827 T. D. Lauder Wolfe of Badenoch III. i. 13 When the yate be opened, ye maun rush in like fiends on them, for the hinge do creak, and they will start to their arms wi' the noise. 1861 A. Manning Chron. Ethelfled iii. 57 Meantime, dogs bark, men begin to wake and start to their arms; and, by the time we gain the common hall, all is astir and in confusion. 2. intransitive. a. Chiefly U.S. To set off for a given destination. ΚΠ 1802 C. Powys Passages from Diaries Mrs. Powys (1899) 361 Re-started to Hamstall, which we reached by nine.] 1821 Latter Day Luminary Nov. 480 He..had intended shortly to start to Fort Wayne to see me. 1824 Vocal Gleaner I. 199 Come my lads, lets haste away, Let us start to town so jolly. 1881 J. S. Futhey & G. Cope Hist. Chester County (Pa.) 521/2 Dr. Dickey formed a party of a few interested men and started to Baltimore. 1923 Illinois Teacher June 123/2 About a thousand of us should start to San Francisco on June 26. 1994 H. M. Smith in J. L. Coleman & A. Buchanan In Harm's Way xiv. 337 The motorist starts to town with the victim. 2008 L. Domina Poets on Psalms 127 After a noon reading at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, I started to Oklahoma. b. U.S. To begin to go to school, college, etc. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > [verb (intransitive)] > go to school scoleyea1400 to start to ——1836 school1857 1836 W. Sewall Diary 10 Aug. (1930) 172/1 Henry and Catherine started to school. 1855 Georgia University Mag. Apr. 15/2 At last the time came for Henry to start to College. 1898 C. A. Bates Clothing Bk. No. 1279 That boy..will have to start to school soon. 1921 Scribner's Mag. Jan. 49/1 When Norton-Edward Cary started to college, his father..agreed to furnish him sufficient capital for fraternity dues. 1994 M. B. Allison Doctor Mary in Arabia i. 9 When I started to college that fall, all my hair came out. 2008 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2012) V. 260/1 ‘Has your granddaughter started to school yet?’ ‘Oh, yes—she's in second grade already!’ < as lemmas |
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