单词 | to step forth |
释义 | > as lemmasto step forth to step forth To advance a short distance from one's place or position; to come out to the front or into the midst, present oneself before the public; to advance with some immediate purpose in view. Also figurative of things. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > a short distance or for a purpose to step forthc1000 to stand forthc1390 to stand forward1602 to step up1660 to step forward1793 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 44 & sona stop forð se þe dead wæs. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12886 Forð he gon steppen [c1300 Otho steppe]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10763 Son ilkan wit þair wand forth stepe. 1518 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 140 Whan they [jurymen] wer callyd and ther namys redd, steppyd forth one Robert Edward and seyd [etc.] 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts v. 20 Goo, steppe forthe, and speake in the temple to the people. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 149 Now step I foorth to whip hipocrisie. View more context for this quotation 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles ii. i. E 1 b Steps me forth Their valiant fore-man, with the word, I rest you. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 128 From his armed Peers Forth stepping opposite, half way he met His daring foe. View more context for this quotation 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 188 Why might he not 10000 ages before the world was, give it its bidding to step forth? 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. ix. 160 Not for a century and half had Rascality ventured to step forth in this fashion. 1913 D. Bray Life-hist. Brahui iv. 62 Then those that can shoot a good shot step forth for a match. < as lemmas |
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