| 单词 | within sight, or hearing |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswithin sight, or hearing a. In expressions referring to the physical range of some action or perception: Not beyond, not farther than the extent of: as within reach, near enough to reach, or to be reached; within sight, or hearing, near enough to see or hear, to be seen or heard; etc. Often const. of (the agent or percipient, or the object of the action or perception). Cf. in prep. 18d(a), within call at call n. Phrases 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [phrase] > within specific distance withinc1515 the world > space > distance > [phrase] > that may be reached within reachc1515 the world > space > distance > [phrase] > that may be reached > within range or reach within reachc1515 within one's strokea1533 in the (also one's) way1534 within power1548 under the dint of1577 in(to), within, out of shot1635 within arm's reacha1652 within one's force1680 within touch1753 in touch1854 within wind of1865 the world > space > distance > [phrase] > that may be reached > within sight within sight, or hearingc1515 c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lv. 188 He slewe..all that came within his stroke. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxi. 241 He came within the syght of Burdeux. 1580 Sir R. Bingham in Spenser's Wks. (Grosart) I. 463 I entered the harbour..within canon shotte of the fortress. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 25 Shoote not at every bird, but onely at those that are within reach to be hit. 1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater i. iii. sig. B4v Harke you sir, there may perhaps be some within eare-shot. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) v. iv. 125 Come not within the measure of my wrath. View more context for this quotation 1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine iv. iii. sig. K1v Be within call. 1687 M. Prior & Earl of Halifax Hind & Panther Transvers'd 1 Stand off and come not within my Swords point. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 311. ¶4 A Man..talking loud within her Hearing. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. xi. 167 As soon as we came within hearing, I called out to him by name. 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. xv. 242 There is also a powerful force within a few hours' march of us. 1856 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 280 I will never be ‘within wind’ of Scotsbrig without going to see Jamie. 1862 D. Wilson Prehistoric Man II. xxiii. 361 Within the hearing of Niagara's voice. < as lemmas |
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