| 单词 | furthest, utmost stretch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfurthest, utmost stretch a. furthest, utmost stretch: the utmost degree to which a thing can be extended. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] > quality or fact of being extreme > highest, utmost, or extreme degree heightOE perfectiona1398 utterestc1410 uttermosta1425 tiptoec1440 pinnaclec1450 utmost1472 outmostc1535 extremity1543 abyss1548 top1552 furthest, utmost stretch1558 summa summarum1567 superlative1573 strain1576 extreme1595 fine1596 last1602 yondmost1608 super-superlative1623 pitch1624 utmostness1674 pink1720 supreme1817 ultima Thule1828 peak1902 1558 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) Table I For castinge and ymployeinge of the stuffe to the furdeste stretche of sarvice. 1687 F. Atterbury Answer Considerations Spirit Luther 45 Quotations..which, in their utmost stretch, can signify no more then that Luther lay under severe agonies of mind. 1712 G. Granville Ess. Unnat. Flights Poetry 65 This is the utmost Stretch that Nature can, And all beyond is fulsome, false, and vain. 1713 Guardian 29 Aug. 1/2 He did not exceed, but went to the utmost stretch of his Income. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. Pref. The utmost Stretch of human Study, Learning, and Industry,..can never attain to this. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 298 She shall know it all, said he; and I defy the utmost Stretch of your Malice. < as lemmas |
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