| 单词 |
tention |
| 释义 |
▪ I. † tention1 Obs. rare. Short for intention.
1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1417/1 To further our tention and honorable and iust actions at that time in such sort. 1653Sclater Fun. Serm. 25 Sept. (1654) 13 In the will, perfect fruition of the Divine glory, tention, and (for the measure of the Creature) Comprehension. ▪ II. † tention2 Obs. rare. Short for contention.
1602W. Fulbecke 2nd Pt. Parallel Introd. 6 My neyghbours are full of sension and tention, and so cunninge, that they will make you beleeue, that all is gold, which glistereth. ▪ III. tention3 ('tention) Also ten-shun (cf. 'shun). Short for attention (5).
1908Beerbohm in Sat. Rev. 26 Sept. 390/1 He..stood at 'tention to be tapped on the chest by the hero. 1922Joyce Ulysses 417 Get a spurt on. Tention. 1978J. Blackburn Dead Man's Handle viii. 91 He..bellowed an order. ‘Ten-shun, Sarn't-Major.’ ▪ IV. tention obs. form of tension. |

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