单词 | to wend one's way |
释义 | > as lemmasto wend one's way d. transitive. To travel or follow (a particular way or course). Chiefly in to wend one's way: to make one's way, to proceed, (now) esp. in an unhurried manner, or by an indirect route. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] thinkeOE bowa1000 seta1000 scritheOE minlOE turnc1175 to wend one's wayc1225 ettlec1275 hieldc1275 standc1300 to take (the) gatec1330 bear?c1335 applyc1384 aim?a1400 bend1399 hita1400 straighta1400 bounc1400 intendc1425 purposec1425 appliquec1440 stevenc1440 shape1480 make1488 steera1500 course1555 to make out1558 to make in1575 to make for ——a1593 to make forth1594 plyc1595 trend1618 tour1768 to lie up1779 head1817 loop1898 c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 6 As he wende adei his wei, seh þis seli meiden Margarete. ?a1300 Iacob & Iosep (Bodl.) (1916) l. 350 Nimeþ ȝoure wepnen & wendeþ ȝoure wai. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1429 Eliezer is went his wei. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3950 To madian lond wente he his ride. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6182 (MED) Godd badd þam wildrin wai to wend, Ar philistiens suld wit þam mete And lett þam for to wend þair strete. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10365 Quen þou again sal wend þi gate, þou sal mete..þi wijf anna. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 153 (MED) Þei..maken þe peple..to wende þe weie to helle whanne þei wenen to goo to heuene. a1450 York Plays (1885) 409 He is resen and wente his..way. a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 115 He that schall wend soche a wey, Yt were nede for hym to pray. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Hh5v The turning of Zelmanes eye, was a strong sterne enough to all their motions, wending no way, but as the inchaunting force of it; guided them. 1610 R. Tofte tr. N. de Montreux Honours Acad. 228 He attendeth for nothing else, to the end he may with a more braue courage wend his way, to put in practise the same. 1658 J. Davies tr. H. D'Urfé Astrea III. 115 Yet not to slight it, he wended his course towards the Boyers and Ambaries. 1765 T. Percy Reliques II. iii. 312 Another call'd him thriftless loone, And bade him sharpely wend his way. 1770 G. A. Stevens Court of Alexander i. 19 Our Royal Word is Promenade, And we will wend our Way in Grand Parade. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 78 Now back they wend their watery way. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxii. 340 Mr. Weller turned, and began wending his way towards Leadenhall Market. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) viii. §394 On the Australian side, an ice-bearing current is found wending its way from the Antarctic regions. 1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 523 Clear water fareways, by which the fishermen wend a speedy course from point to point. 1910 Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Sunday Leader 12 June 5/2 Darby wended a melancholy way to the bench. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 47 Slowly and cautiously, with the officer leading, they began to wend their way out under their own entanglements. 1991 Premiere Aug. 20/4 The process by which a script wends its way from office to bedside. 2011 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 27 Mar. (Travel section) 8/1 We wended our way through picnicking Parisians. < as lemmas |
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