| 单词 | to take the word |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take the word (a) to take up the word (in early use †to take the word): to begin speaking, esp. immediately after or instead of another person. Now rare. [Partly after French prendre la parole ; compare Hellenistic Greek τὴν παραβολὴν ἀναλαβεῖν to take up one's ‘parable’ (compare parable n. Phrases).] ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > begin to speak upbreakc1275 to set spell on enda1300 gina1333 to take up (one's) parablea1382 braidc1400 to take up the word1477 begin1563 exordiate1594 to speak upa1723 to lug out1787 to speak out1792 upspeak1827 exordize1887 shoot1915 open1926 to come in1949 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 134 Mopsius toke the worde & sayde [etc.]. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ix. 204 The kinge Yon toke the worde & sayd [etc.]. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccxliii. 219/1 Than the duke of Bretayne toke the wordes, & sayd [etc.]. 1557 Bible (Whittingham) Luke x. 30 Iesus taking his word said [etc.] [Gk. ὑπολαβὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν]. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 553 Then Drances took the word. ?1726 tr. F. de Motteville Mem. Hist. Anne of Austria IV. 136 The Prince of Conti took up the word, and said, [etc.]. 1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xxiii. 44 Young Selby..reverently took up the word. ‘Kind uncle, woe were we each one, If harm should hap.’ 1811 A. de Beauclerc Ora & Juliet II. 192 Henry..was going to address Mrs. Brewster; but lady Harriet took the word. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. xii. 300 There was a general murmur. ‘My Lord Duke,’ said the Count of Crevecœur, taking the word for the rest, ‘this must be better thought on.’ 1884 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham x The Colonel, left alone with his wife.., made haste to take the word. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 2 The Father of Gods and of men..took up the word. 1951 Folk-lore 62 459 Then Klafsky Gretel recited a fine oration (spruch), and when she had done, I took up the word with an oration. < as lemmas |
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