| 单词 | free, gratis, for nothing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfree, gratis, (and) for nothing 2. Without charge or payment. Often used with gratis, esp. in colloquial phrase free, gratis, (and) for nothing. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > charges > freedom from charge > [adverb] freelyc1330 (all) for nought1535 at (formerly also for, of, on, upon) free cost1542 for nothing1569 without price1611 freea1631 free cost1648 gratuitously1717 buckshee1918 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Exod. xxi. 2 If thou bye an Hebrew seruant, six yeares shal he serue thee: in the seuenth he shal goe out free gratis.] a1631 J. Donne Poems (1635) 195 When the hope gives fuell to the fire, you sell desire. Love is not love, but given free. 1682 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 252 Hee was admitted free gratis. 1761 J. Reed Register-office (Dublin ed.) ii. 23 Sir, I was taught to read and write free-gratis for nothing at a Charity School. 1774 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 195 Admitted to the freedom free gratis. 1841 C. Dickens Let. 30 June (1969) II. 317 I have declined to be brought in, free gratis for nothing and qualified to boot, for a Scotch county that's going a-begging. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. ii. 32 Spittoons, as you see, perwided free gracious [sic] for nothing. 1872 Dubuque (Iowa) Herald 22 Nov. (advt.) Kress Fever Tonic..is warranted to cure ague. Box of pills free with every bottle. 1893 E. F. Benson Dodo II. xi. 222 No charge for mixed metaphors. Supplied free, gratis, and for nothing. 1928 Amer. Mercury Oct. 165/2 Under very special conditions copies of some of the lectures are given away free to regular matriculants in the Merton Vocational Guidance Service. 1941 H. G. Wells You can't be too Careful iii. viii. 146 I was to be sent to France, free gratis and for nothing for six months. 1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse xi. 147 He explained that if he could make rain he would be only too glad to do it free, since his own garden needed it as badly as theirs. 1989 T. Parker Place called Bird xxii. 272 After he'd finished telling me which of his eight automobiles he was desperate to unload at any price,..and which was the one which was so bad he'd give it free to the first enquirer. 1992 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator (Nexis) 7 Apr. b2 I'll discuss in a later column how you can get terrific communications software free, gratis and for nothing. 2007 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 16 Mar. 24 Open Europe has acquired free gratis 1.43ha from a farmer on a west coast island. < as lemmas |
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