| 单词 | dear year |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdear year c. Said of a time or place in which prices for provisions, etc. are high; dear year, a year of dearth; also of a dealer who charges high prices. ΚΠ c1290 S. Eng. Leg. 278/25 A deore ȝer þare cam. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) v. 44 Therfore is there dere Tyme in that Contree. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxxii. 19 To fede them in the deare tyme. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. iii. 44 The dearest Chandlers in Europe. View more context for this quotation 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 216 The hard fare of the dear inn. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northampt. 281 It is the dearest Town in England for fuel. 1765 Mrs. Harris in Priv. Lett. Ld. Malmesbury I. 122 I have myself paid Mademoiselle Peignerelle..In my life I never saw so dear a woman. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. cxiv. 640 To..send it..by the cheapest routes to the dearest markets. < as lemmas |
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