单词 | far nor near |
释义 | > as lemmasfar nor near b. far and near or nigh [compare Middle Dutch verre ende naer] : in every part, everywhere. far or near: anywhere. far nor near: nowhere. Cf. near adv.1 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > far and near far and near or nighOE near and farc1275 nigh and farc1400 the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > everywhere far and near or nighOE in length and (in) breadth (or brede)a1250 high and low1525 here, there, and everywherea1593 in every stead1596 through long and broad ——1617 from Dan to Beersheba1738 all along the line1877 all over the auction1930 the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > nowhere far nor nearc1430 the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > (not) anywhere within wonesc1330 in the varsal world1697 far or near1797 OE Crist I 390 Soðfæste seraphinnes cynn, uppe mid englum a bremende, unaþreotendum þrymmum singað ful healice hludan stefne, fægre feor ond neah. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 137 To..beon iwurðegede fir and neor. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 921 East and west, feor and neor. c1390 Hymns Virg. (1867) 107 Þere is no man feer ne neer. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17288 + 213 Marie..loked farre & neghe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 3521 Bath on fer and ner he soght. c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 107 Þere is no man feer ne neer. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 167 Þi name of grett degre be wurchepyd in all manere Over all þis werde, bothe fer and nere, ȝevyn on to þe vnterest ende. c1480 (a1400) St. Christopher 152 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 344 Crystofore..passyt one fere and neyre, sekand cryst. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xvjv The Churche of Christe was spreade abroade farre and nere. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 49 The brute was blowne abrode both farre & nye. 1629 [see sense 5]. 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §67. 305 Memorable matters, worthy to be knowne farre and neare. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 86 The happinesse which I have from you..spreads it selfe both farre and neere. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 295 I..have sought thee farr and nigh. View more context for this quotation 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables clvi. 140 I have been Hunting..far and near..to find out a Remedy. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. ii. 80 But I could see nothing of them far or near. < as lemmas |
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