| 单词 | by the wayside |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby the wayside The side of a road or path, the land bordering either side of the way. Frequently in by the wayside; also figurative, indicating a condition of neglect or disuse (cf. to fall by the wayside at Phrases). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > highway or public road > the road or wayside waysidec1440 roadsidea1657 rib1670 haunch1937 c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 1713 They are enbuschede one blonkkes..In ȝone bechen wode appon the waye sydes. 1539 Bible (Great) Mark iv. 15 Some be rehearsed to be by the way side. 1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Aviiiv By the waye syde hym chaunced to se A pore manne that craued of hym for charitie. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 19 Among the Corn by the way-sides as we went. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 498 This species is very frequent with us especially on heaths and by way-sides. a1784 S. Johnson in H. L. Piozzi Anecd. Johnson (1786) 5 A stone he saw standing by the way-side, set up..in honour of a man who had leaped a certain leap thereabouts. 1850 A. Pratt Chapters Common Things Sea-side iii. 171 The wild-flowers, which grace every way-side. 1878 A. C. Swinburne Before Sunset in Poems & Ballads 2nd Ser. 6 Lighted shade and shadowy light In the wayside and the way. 1894 J. Davidson Ballads & Songs 121 All the waysides now are flowerless. 1923 S. Haardt Let. 13 Sept. in H. L. Mencken & S. Haardt Mencken & Sara (1987) 93 The Republicans and Democrats in the local post office yammer and insult each other with such gusto that what there is of the mail usually perishes by the wayside. 1967 W. Soyinka Kongi's Harvest 4 When an Oba stops the procession And squats on the wayside, It's on an urgent matter. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 353/1 Field scabious..is a common summer perennial of waysides, meadows and downland. 2001 New Yorker 20 Aug. 123/2 Lots of really talented artists are being thrown by the wayside. < as lemmas |
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