单词 | to take the field |
释义 | > as lemmasto take the field P5. to take the field: to commence military operations, to begin a campaign; to enter active (military) service; to go on to a sports field at the start of a game; (more generally) to enter into competition. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > wage war [verb (intransitive)] > go to war to take the plainc1380 to go to war or warsc1450 to take the field1482 to go (etc.) on warfare1483 to pass (forth) in warfare1483 field1535 to go out1548 to go to the war(s)1600 to be (also go) on the warpath1841 to wash one's spears1892 1482 W. Caxton in tr. Higden's Prolicionycion viii. xiii. f. ccccvjv But blessyd be God the kynge and lordes had knowleche of theyr entente, and toke the felde to fore them. 1590 E. Daunce Briefe Disc. Spanish State 32 It behoueth him to take the field in March, or at the least in Aprill. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xv. 632/1 The morning approached, the French tooke the field. 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. F4v They will..learne the strength of the Rebells, before they dare take the field. 1702 J. Savage Compl. Hist. Germany 129 Hearing that his Enemies had taken the Field, he march'd directly against them. 1773 J. Duncombe Surrey Triumphant in T. Evans Old Ballads (1784) IV. 329 At last, Sir Horace took the field, A batter of great might. 1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xiv. 3 The greatest mathematicians of the age took the field. 1879 J. R. Lumby Introd. to Higden (Rolls) VII. p. xx Gregory [VI] appealed to the emperor for help, and when an excuse of the Vandal war was made by him, the pope took the field himself against the robbers. 1942 B. Bandel Let. 14 Aug. in Officer & Lady (2004) 20 The embryo officers will be assigned to companies, and will learn with them..until they are ready to take the field. 1960 T. McLean Kings of Rugby 205 They took the field against Canterbury as if the match were ‘a piece of cake’. 1995 Daily Mirror 23 Feb. (Careers Suppl.) 6/3 Assistant bank manager David Aldred leaves his desk on Fridays, puts on his maroon beret and takes the field as Lance Corporal with the Paras. 2007 Wisden Cricketer May 44/5 Anybody not born in this great county shouldn't be allowed to take the field for Yorkshire. < as lemmas |
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