| 释义 |
▪ I. ˈbigger, n. Obs. exc. north. dial.
Also biggar(e.
[f. big v. + -er1.]
A builder.
c1440Bone Flor. 8 The furste byger of Anteoche. 1552Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 28 Ane biggare can nocht make ane evin up wal without direction of his lyne.
▪ II. bigger, a.|ˈbɪgə(r)|
compar. of big. Also n. One who is bigger; a superior in size.
1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 39 His biggers or betters. 1582N. T. (Rhem.) Acts xiv. 22 note, As if they should translate..Maior of London, the Bigger of London. 1869Mrs. Whitney Hitherto iv. 50 Its own capacity to take in sunshine as fast, in proportion, as its biggers and betters. |