a-skieadv.

Alternative transcription of a Sky in Berthelet's edition of Gower's Confessio Amantis. See quot. a1393¹ at sky n.¹ 2 for the correct reading.Interpreted by N.E.D (1885) as the preposition a + skey, (otherwise unattested) variant of shy n.¹, and speculatively defined as ‘shyly; off at a tangent like a shying horse’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adverb] > aside from proper course

asidea1398

far-about1483

wide1536

a-skie1554

tangentially1903

tangently1903

1554 Gower's Confessione Amantis iv. f. lxxi/1 All sodenly She passeth, as it were a skie All cleane out of the ladies sight.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	a-skie
释义	a-skieadv. Alternative transcription of a Sky in Berthelet's edition of Gower's Confessio Amantis. See quot. a1393¹ at sky n.¹ 2 for the correct reading.Interpreted by N.E.D (1885) as the preposition a + skey, (otherwise unattested) variant of shy n.¹, and speculatively defined as ‘shyly; off at a tangent like a shying horse’. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adverb] > aside from proper course asidea1398 far-about1483 wide1536 a-skie1554 tangentially1903 tangently1903 1554 Gower's Confessione Amantis iv. f. lxxi/1 All sodenly She passeth, as it were a skie All cleane out of the ladies sight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adv.1554
随便看	lay a ship on board lay a steep lay a straw lay a stress on lay a stymie lay a trail on lay a tribute on lay a wager lay a water lay a weapon about one lay a wed lay a-sunning lay aback lay abbot lay aboard lay about lay about one lay abroad lay adown lay all in the dirt lay all one's irons in the fire lay along lay an ambush lay an egg lay an eyeball on