| 释义 |
† ˈnumbrous, a. Obs.
[f. number n. + -ous: cf. F. nombreux (1564) and numberous.]
1. = numerous a.
a1586Sidney Ps. iii. i, How many ones there be That all against poor me Their numbrous strength redouble? 1607S. Collins Serm. (1608) 40 They need not, because so obuious; and they could not, because so numbrous. 1628Sir W. Mure Domesday 869 Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 190 What Joyes (to view this numbrous host).
2. Exhibiting poetic numbers; rhythmical.
1581Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 28 The greatest part of Poets have apparelled their poeticall inuentions in that numbrous kinde of writing which is called verse. c1615Sir W. Alexander in Drummond of Hawthornden Wks. (1711) 150 He numbrous Notes with measur'd Fury frames, Each Accent weigh'd, no Jarr in Sense, or Sound. |