单词 | with great random |
释义 | > as lemmaswith (also in) great random a. Impetuosity, great speed, force, or violence (in riding, running, striking, etc.); chiefly in with (also in) great random. Also (with indefinite article): an impetuous rush, a rapid headlong course. Hence: Scottish a straight course, a direct line. Obsolete (archaic in later use).In common use from the 14th cent. to the early part of the 16th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > sudden or rapid random?c1335 impetuousnessc1425 farda1522 impetuosity1585 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > impetuous random?c1335 precipitation1628 precipitance1629 precipitancy1797 ?c1335 (a1300) Land of Cokaygne 132 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 148 (MED) Þe monkes liȝtiþ noȝt adun, Ac furre fleeþ in o randun. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 5357 (MED) Gweynes..rod out of þe pauylloun þorw al þat host with gret rendoun, As faste as he may renne. c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 5636 (MED) He smot to Troyle with gret randoun. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 57 The ship..hurtlyd again the ground in suche a random and force that hit was all to broken. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 632 He..Raucht him sic rout in randoun richt. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 118 (MED) Thei..ronnen a-gein hym with as grete ranndon as their horse myght hem bere. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. vi. 149 Behald tuelf swannis in randoun glaid and fair [L. ordine longo]. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clvii. 191 The frenchmen..came on them with great randon, their speares in their restes. 1594 2nd Rep. Dr. Faustus xxii. sig. H4 Two great waues..meeting together by long randome. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. xxiv. 265 The barbarous people..fled in this randon beyond their tents. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xx. 733/2 The Kings vantgard..giuing in among them with full randon, slew first such Captaines as resisted. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xv. 180 Two knights came together with great random. < as lemmas |
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