| 单词 | yeoman service |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyeoman service yeoman service n. (see 1c). yeoman service c. yeoman's service (also yeoman service): good, efficient, or useful service, such as is rendered by a faithful servant of good standing. ΘΠ society > authority > subjection > service > [noun] > good or faithful yeoman's service1604 a1500 Gest of Robyn Hode lxxx It were greate shame sayd Robyn A knyght a lone to ryde, Without squyer yeman or page,..I shall the lene lytyll Johan my man,..In a yemans stede he may the stande, Yf thou grete nede haue.] 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 37 I once did hold it..A basenesse to write faire,..but sir now It did me yemans seruice . View more context for this quotation 1613 E. Hoby Counter-snarle 75 You may doe the Pope yeoman seruice indeede. 1807 W. Scott Let. 11 Aug. (1932) I. 374 This [law] has done me yeoman's service in the hour of necessity. 1851 T. De Quincey On Present State Eng. Lang. in Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 6 97/1 The word ignore..has now assumed [a general meaning], with little offence to good taste, and with yeoman service to the intellect. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. i. 2 Wherever the fleets and armies of England have won renown, there stalwart sons of the Browns have done yeomen's work. 1884 Illustr. London News 29 Nov. 84 The..Society has done yeoman's service during the ten years of its existence. < as lemmas |
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