| 单词 | to sleep soft |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sleep soft a. In a quiet or peaceful state; in a comfortable or easy manner; on a soft bed, couch, etc. Formerly also: †luxuriously (obsolete). Esp. in to sleep soft. Now poetic or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [adverb] softOE i-semelichec1275 peaceablya1382 restfully1433 quietly1488 quietously1546 restly1561 quiet1568 calmly1597 reposedly1598 lowna1600 undisturbedly1647 peacefully1667 tranquilly1756 stilly1802 lownly1820 reposefully1852 sleepily1873 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adverb] softOE at likinga1398 commodiously1420 beinly?a1500 at home1531 in sufficiencec1550 softly1567 snugly1590 easefully1611 comfortably1634 cosily1721 lown1724 snug1766 lownly1788 tosh1808 comfily1917 OE Genesis A (1931) 179 He wæs reste fæst, and softe swæf. OE Beowulf (2008) 2749 Bio nu on ofoste, þæt ic ærwelan, goldæht ongite.., þæt ic ðy seft mæge æfter maððumwelan min alætan lif ond leodscipe. lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine Soliloquies (Vitell.) (1922) Pref. 1 And fegerne tun timbrian,..and þær murge and softe mid mæge on eardian. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3163 He wes a wel god mon & softe he wolde libben. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1998 Þer he læi softe &..slepte. a1350 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 133 (MED) Vp o lofte, þe deuel may sitte softe & holden his halymotes ofte. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vii. lviii. 414 Þis euel brediþ in hem [þat] lyueþ esylyche and softe, and trauaileþ not but lite. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 3796 Wele was he gladid of þat sight, Soft him thoght he slep þat nyht. c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 63 Y shal ȝeue ȝow soche a medecyne þat ȝe shulle swete anone ryȝt, and softe slepe. ?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature iii. sig. Cviiiv I loke vp Aloft, and loue to lye soft. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 207 Thy Flatterers..drinke Wine, lye soft . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iii. 333 I will..sleepe as soft As Captaine shall. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 254 Soft on the flourie herb I found me laid. View more context for this quotation 1781 W. Cowper Anti-Thelypthora 8 Fancy..laid her soft in Amaranthine flow'rs. 1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. x. 237 The riches of the East expended that they might sleep soft, and wake to magnificence. 1850 E. B. Browning Sleep iv Sleep soft, beloved! a1917 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick (1927) 20 Thay canna sit soft; they're aye natterin an fechtin. 1976 N. Maclean River runs through It 197 They'd been sitting soft all summer around a green table while we'd been getting case-hardened climbing high hills. 2013 K. Shell Place called Home vii. 90 Snowy wonderland has crept upon the world again, And every child sleeps soft in fluffy bed. < as lemmas |
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