单词 | to show the road |
释义 | > as lemmasto show the road a. To guide a person in a required direction, by leading or accompanying him or her, or by giving instructions (also occasionally to show the road); (more generally) to provide a person with guidance as to how to proceed. Commonly with double object as to show (a person) the way. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (intransitive)] > outstrip others or take the lead to show the waya1382 to be well away1821 to take up the running1894 society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > guide, lead, or show one the way to show the waya1382 reduct1580 directa1616 inform1637 manuduct1641 pilot1649 set1678 airt1782 steer1859 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > ride horse in race [verb (transitive)] > keep pace with or overtake to show the waya1382 buttock1607 to run head and girth1796 shoot1868 to peg back1928 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. xiii. 21 Þe lord forsoþ went beforn hem, to be schewed þe way [altered from to schew þe way] be day in þe pylere of a clowde: & be niȝt in a pyler of fyre. a1450 Mandeville's Trav. (Bodl. e Mus.) 3 (MED) I schal shew hym the weye redily..for I haue ful ofte sythis [read sythis ben] there..passed bothe on horse and on fote in good compaynye. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cii. f. cxvi/1 The spanysshe squyer entred firste in to the ryuer, & shewed them the way. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 703/1 I shewe him the way. 1565 R. Shacklock tr. S. Hozjusz Hatchet of Heresies f. 62 Caluin writeth, yt Luther taught the fyrst principles of true doctryn, and shewed the way. 1625 Deb. Oxf. in S. R. Gardiner Deb. House of Commons (1873) App. i. 140 Sir Robert Philips commended the platforme of Sir Nathaniel Rich, and sayd that wee were beholding unto him for shewing us the way. 1701 J. Flamsteed Let. 1 Mar. in Corr. (1997) II. 889 Cuenhouse has begun to Shew them the way. 1796 F. Burney Camilla IV. viii. v. 285 ‘O never mind shewing me the way’..and..Lynmere sallied into the apartment. 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vi. 195 The captain..would send no one with us to show the road. 1869 M. Arnold Culture & Anarchy 192 So, too, one who wants to be a painter or a poet cannot help loving and admiring the great painters or poets who have gone before him and shown him the way. 1891 ‘J. S. Winter’ Lumley xii. 86 Show me the way upstairs. 1938 Amer. Home Jan. 43/2 The Amymays fairly pumped confidence into their clients so that they might go on and on by themselves after being shown the way. 1994 Guardian 1 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) 66/1 Wayside boulders daubed with red and white paint showed the way, leading us deeper into the garrigue. 2006 P. J. Nahin Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula vi. 306 We'll not have to write even a single equation; Fourier diagrams will be all we need to show us the way. < as lemmas |
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