| 单词 | fair-to-middling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfair-to-middling a. fair-to-middling: moderately good; reasonable, acceptable. Also as adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective] wellOE sufferablea1340 worthy1340 sufficient1489 paregala1500 competent1535 something like?1556 right1567 sweet1577 fairish1611 all right1652 fair1656 comfortable1658 decent1711 respectable1750 unrepulsive1787 decentisha1814 fair-to-middling1822 fine1828 christena1838 OK1839 tidy1844 not (or none) so dusty?1856 sweet1898 oke1928 okey-doke1934 okey-dokey1936 tickety-boo1939 cool1951 aight1993 1822 Brit. Press 5 Oct. Minas, 16 bags, fair to middling, 8¼d.; Tenesees, 197 bales, very ordinary 5½d. 1865 C. F. Browne Artemus Ward his Trav. 41 The men are fair to middling. 1884 A. Doherty Nathan Barlow xi. 66 I guess my wallet's fair-to-middling fat. 1900 H. Garland Eagle's Heart 223 ‘How'd they feed ye back there?’..‘Oh, fair to middlin'.’ 1961 Listener 5 Oct. 527/2 A fair-to-middling detective story. 2004 Guardian (Nexis) 3 Apr. (Sport section) 7 England's chances in the European Championship are fair-to-middling. < as lemmas |
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