| 单词 | from point to point |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrom point to point e. [compare Old French, Middle French, French de point en point (c1330), post-classical Latin de puncto ad punctum (1329), de puncto in punctum (1339; 1446 in a British source)] †from point to point: from one point or detail to another, in every particular. Obsolete. Cf. point-to-point adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > specifically [phrase] > in detail from point to pointa1393 in speciala1398 specialityc1485 in particularity1559 in piecemeal1561 in (the) detail1603 the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > that is all or the whole [phrase] > in respect of everything or part > in every respect through all thingeOE at all pointsa1375 from point to pointa1393 at all rightsc1405 in high and lowc1405 in generala1413 every incha1450 all in allc1475 at all sorts1612 all round1867 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 2321 (MED) Fro point to point and al the cas He tolde, hou he his Sone was. c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) B. 3652 Redeth the grete poete of Ytaille..Dant..Fro point to point, nat o word wol he faille. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Physician's Tale (Hengwrt) C. 150 Whan shapen was al hir conspiracie Fro point to point, how þat his lecherie Parfourned sholde been ful subtilly. a1475 J. Shirley Death James (BL Add. 5467) in Miscellanea Scotica (1818) II. 23 (MED) Thay..confessid..all the conspiration of the Kynges dethe from poynt to poynt. a1500 Gospel of Nicodemus (Harl. 149) (1974) 126 (MED) Pylat wrote alle the aventures..yn a booke, from poynt to poynt. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. f. 8 It standeth me upon to answere from point to point, to the reasons which you haue brought. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures x. 31 Then I recounted to him from point to point how I was cast away. 1693 Oxford-act ii. 10 How all th' old Dons were at it Ding-dong. Their Themes, the manner and occasion Of every strenuous Disputation; All this from point to point reciting. 1797 tr. Voltaire La Pucelle II. xii. 35 Boneau..Told point by point, most circumstantially, How he had long been held in jeopardy. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. 23 From point to point I frankly tell The deed of death as it befell. 1899 J. H. Rigg Oxf. High Anglicanism (ed. 2) 404 If, from point to point, the wise and equitable thing is Godfearingly carried out. < as lemmas |
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