| 单词 | building-stance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbuilding-stance a. A site; esp. an area for building upon. Also building-stance. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > actually occupied > on the ground > a site or plot of land soil1430 stance1631 stand1893 1631 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 633/1 Molendinum..lie..wattir~gang et stance ejusdem. 1649 Presbytery Rec. in J. Campbell Church & Parish Kirkcaldy (1904) 161 The stance of the Kirk intendit to be built. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VIII. 253 Every man had a dry gravellish stance whereon to found his house. 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. x. 264 The higher part of the level ground afforded a stance for an old house. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 972 A large oblong hay-stack should be built in this way:..The stance should be raised 1 foot above the ground. 1884 N. Brit. Daily Mail 5 Aug. 6/5 Paisley Race Meeting... A few stances of Ground for Tents are still to let. < as lemmas |
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