单词 | to speak in a person's ear |
释义 | > as lemmasto speak (also say) in a person's ear ΚΠ OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Luke xii. 3 Quod in aurem locuti estis in cubiculis praedicabitur in tectis : þætte in eare sprecend gie woeron in cottum aboden bið on hrofum. c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) l. 309 Aþulf sede on hire ire [Laud here, a1350 Harl. eere] So stille so hit were. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5140 A messager, þat spak al still in his er. 1691 S. Slater Disc. Closet (or Secret) Prayer 152 Thy Father can hear thy whispers, for thou always speakest in his ear. 1793 J. Lathrop Serm. Var. Subj. I. vii. 111 He admits the humble believer near to himself; allows him to speak in his ear—to whisper the complaints and desires of his soul. < as lemmas |
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