单词 | to shift place(s |
释义 | > as lemmasto shift place(s 15. To change or alter (one's or its position, place); to change (one's lodging, abode, etc.). †Phrase, to shift place(s.In early examples really a contextual application of sense 8. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > cause to move [verb (transitive)] > change (place or position) shift1570 flit1674 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 80/1 Many times he [sc. Origen] was compelled to shift places and houses. 1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. ii. xix. 205/2 They must needs shift soile, and seeke vnto other countries. 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. lxix. sig. D4v Happy confiners you of other landes That shift your soile and oft scape tyrants hands. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 6 May (1974) VIII. 203 At his coming to town again, [he] hath shifted his lodging. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 100 The fiery Courser, when he hears from far..the shouts of War, Shifts place. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 268 As quails and wood-cocks shift their habitations in winter, so also does the cuckoo. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 18 Advancing and retreating as the spray shifted its position. < as lemmas |
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