英语词汇“gentle and small”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. Of a person, etc.: thin, lean, slender, slim; (also) †graceful (obsolete). In early use frequently in gent and small (also gentle and small). Now regional (chiefly Scottish and Caribbean).

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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective]

genta1275

smallc1275

slendera1400

slightc1400

gauntc1440

light-bodiedc1487

jimp?a1513

slender-bodied1611

snever1640

slim1657

gend1676

scranky1735

light built1778

sveltea1825

spindly1827

slimmish1841

slippy1883

slenderish1894

slim-down1978

c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 204 Þeȝ..lof him were niȝtingale & oþer wiȝte gente & smale.

c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 2513 (MED) He was so smal and so gent, I ne mai loue non oþer.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13138 His broþer doghter, gent and smal.

a1500 (a1400) Sir Amadace (Adv.) (1810) l. 585 The lordes and the lades small That comon wer of gentyll blode.

a1500 Seven Sages (Cambr.) (1933) l. 37 (MED) Ancyllas..An olde man..was bothe small and longe.

?1536 (c1443) Batayll of Egyngecourte l. 28 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) II. 94 Grete well, he sayd, your comely kynge, That is bothe gentyll and small.

1569 W. Wager Longer thou Liuest sig. A.iii There was a mayde cam out of Kent, Fayre, propre, small and gent.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iii. 20 My sister..is as white as a lilly, and as small as a wand.

1745 W. Smith Nat. Hist. Nevis ii. 67 Penguins are of two sorts; the small and long sort are too tart for my palate.

1877 J. Hartley Yorksher Puddin' 376 He wor soa small he luk'd like a walkin' clooas prop.

1956 G. S. Morris Kerr's Buchan Bothy Ballads I. 27 Oor bailie's sober, thin an sma', Sideways he's hardly seen ava.

1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. 79/2 Smaa, slim... a smaa ting o lass.

1996 R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage (at cited word) You notice how the clothes hangin[g] on me? The sickness make me small.

单词	gentle and small
释义	> as lemmas gentle and small c. Of a person, etc.: thin, lean, slender, slim; (also) †graceful (obsolete). In early use frequently in gent and small (also gentle and small). Now regional (chiefly Scottish and Caribbean). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] genta1275 smallc1275 slendera1400 slightc1400 gauntc1440 light-bodiedc1487 jimp?a1513 slender-bodied1611 snever1640 slim1657 gend1676 scranky1735 light built1778 sveltea1825 spindly1827 slimmish1841 slippy1883 slenderish1894 slim-down1978 c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 204 Þeȝ..lof him were niȝtingale & oþer wiȝte gente & smale. c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 2513 (MED) He was so smal and so gent, I ne mai loue non oþer. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13138 His broþer doghter, gent and smal. a1500 (a1400) Sir Amadace (Adv.) (1810) l. 585 The lordes and the lades small That comon wer of gentyll blode. a1500 Seven Sages (Cambr.) (1933) l. 37 (MED) Ancyllas..An olde man..was bothe small and longe. ?1536 (c1443) Batayll of Egyngecourte l. 28 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) II. 94 Grete well, he sayd, your comely kynge, That is bothe gentyll and small. 1569 W. Wager Longer thou Liuest sig. A.iii There was a mayde cam out of Kent, Fayre, propre, small and gent. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iii. 20 My sister..is as white as a lilly, and as small as a wand. View more context for this quotation 1745 W. Smith Nat. Hist. Nevis ii. 67 Penguins are of two sorts; the small and long sort are too tart for my palate. 1877 J. Hartley Yorksher Puddin' 376 He wor soa small he luk'd like a walkin' clooas prop. 1956 G. S. Morris Kerr's Buchan Bothy Ballads I. 27 Oor bailie's sober, thin an sma', Sideways he's hardly seen ava. 1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. 79/2 Smaa, slim... a smaa ting o lass. 1996 R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage (at cited word) You notice how the clothes hangin[g] on me? The sickness make me small. extracted from smalladj.n.² < as lemmas
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