英语词汇“great 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

b. With plural agreement. Persons who are great (in various senses); esp. with reference to social status, frequently in great and small (also small and great at small n.² 4). Now usually with the.

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun] > (group of) eminent people

greata1325

principalsa1425

the great and the good1624

constellationa1631

grand1667

Pleiad1856

prominenti1927

tycoonery1956

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2892 Hem-seluen he..holden ðe tigeles tale, And elten and eilden grete & smale.

c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 100 Heil þou..Kyng of gret and smalle.

a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 2830 By þe grete, poer folk ben greuyd.

c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iii. l. 250 By gouernanmce [read gouernaunce] of grete and of good age.

a1500 (?a1425) Ipomedon (Harl.) (1889) l. 96 All spake of hym, bothe grete & smalle.

1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 79 To the tombe where they did heare this wonder straunge was donne, The great, the small, the riche, the poore, the yong, the olde, With hasty pace do ronne.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxx. 180 So as the great, may have no greater hope of impunity.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 97 Quacking Mountebanks are admitted in the Bed-chambers of great & small.

1757 T. Gray Ode I iii. iii, in Odes 11 Beneath the Good how far—but far above the Great.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxi. 208 The houses and society of the great.

a1791 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 77 He..has sae mony taking arts Wi' Great an' Sma'.

1834 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (1837) I. ii. 19 Supported by the great and the many.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 161 The masques which were exhibited at the mansions of the great.

1886 Kappa Alpha Jrnl. Mar. 5 The ploughman with the millionaire, scholars, workmen, high and low, great and small, came at their country's call.

1916 A. Goodrich Sign of Freedom viii. 102 The stage was Matt Brierly's passion, and his attitude toward its great was one of frank worship.

1955 C. S. Lewis Surprised by Joy vi. 88 They had all the flattery, unofficial influence, favor, and privileges which the mistresses of the great have always enjoyed in adult society.

1992 J. Critchley Floating Voter (BNC) 19 An annual opportunity for the spear-carriers and party bit-players to travel to a seaside resort out of season to spend a few days in the proximity of the great.

4. With plural agreement. Persons of low or inferior rank or position, or of little ability or attainment. Chiefly in great and small (see great n. 2b); also small and great.

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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > socially inferior person > [noun]

lowerc1175

afterlingc1275

smalla1325

nethererc1443

undermana1661

lowlife1712

vulgar1763

vulgarian1809

rank outsider1869

low man on the totem1956

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [noun] > collectively

smalla1325

simplea1375

riff-raffc1475

lowly1547

little folk1580

little people1699

lowlife1820

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2892 Hem-seluen he..holden ðe tigeles tale, And elten and eilden grete & smale.

a1400 Psalter (Egerton) cxviii. 130 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 256 (MED) To smale [L. parvulos; Vesp. Schirenes of þi speche lightes wit, Vnderstanding to litel giues ite].

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxiii. 12 Yee he blesseth all them that feare the Lorde, both small & greate.

1597 J. Tanner Serm. Paules Crosse (new ed.) 29 The cause of the smalle, as well as the greate.

1679 S. Woodford Paraphr. upon Canticles 63 Both small and great there undistinguisht be, Undisturb'd by outworn Authority.

1737 tr. C. de Bruyn Trav. into Muscovy I. 31/2 They then begin to give Easter eggs, which continues for a fortnight, a custom as well among the great as the small.

1781 W. Cowper Truth 375 Envy, ye great, the dull, unletter'd small.

1860 W. Fraser Parish Serm. 7 Now, at this moment, all, the living and the dead, the just and the unjust, the small and the great, wherever they may be, are standing before Him.

1926 W. Lewis Art of being Ruled (1989) ii. iii. 76 The oppression of the poor by the rich is associated with the stultification of the great by the small.

1999 G. DeMar Last Days Madness (ed. 4) i. 20 The small and the great, the sane and the insane, the sacred and the profane have been quick to predict when the end might come.

单词	great and small
释义	> as lemmas great and small b. With plural agreement. Persons who are great (in various senses); esp. with reference to social status, frequently in great and small (also small and great at small n.² 4). Now usually with the. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun] > (group of) eminent people greata1325 principalsa1425 the great and the good1624 constellationa1631 grand1667 Pleiad1856 prominenti1927 tycoonery1956 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2892 Hem-seluen he..holden ðe tigeles tale, And elten and eilden grete & smale. c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 100 Heil þou..Kyng of gret and smalle. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 2830 By þe grete, poer folk ben greuyd. c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iii. l. 250 By gouernanmce [read gouernaunce] of grete and of good age. a1500 (?a1425) Ipomedon (Harl.) (1889) l. 96 All spake of hym, bothe grete & smalle. 1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 79 To the tombe where they did heare this wonder straunge was donne, The great, the small, the riche, the poore, the yong, the olde, With hasty pace do ronne. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxx. 180 So as the great, may have no greater hope of impunity. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 97 Quacking Mountebanks are admitted in the Bed-chambers of great & small. 1757 T. Gray Ode I iii. iii, in Odes 11 Beneath the Good how far—but far above the Great. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxi. 208 The houses and society of the great. a1791 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 77 He..has sae mony taking arts Wi' Great an' Sma'. 1834 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (1837) I. ii. 19 Supported by the great and the many. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 161 The masques which were exhibited at the mansions of the great. 1886 Kappa Alpha Jrnl. Mar. 5 The ploughman with the millionaire, scholars, workmen, high and low, great and small, came at their country's call. 1916 A. Goodrich Sign of Freedom viii. 102 The stage was Matt Brierly's passion, and his attitude toward its great was one of frank worship. 1955 C. S. Lewis Surprised by Joy vi. 88 They had all the flattery, unofficial influence, favor, and privileges which the mistresses of the great have always enjoyed in adult society. 1992 J. Critchley Floating Voter (BNC) 19 An annual opportunity for the spear-carriers and party bit-players to travel to a seaside resort out of season to spend a few days in the proximity of the great. extracted from greatadj.n.adv.int. great and small 4. With plural agreement. Persons of low or inferior rank or position, or of little ability or attainment. Chiefly in great and small (see great n. 2b); also small and great. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > socially inferior person > [noun] lowerc1175 afterlingc1275 smalla1325 nethererc1443 undermana1661 lowlife1712 vulgar1763 vulgarian1809 rank outsider1869 low man on the totem1956 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [noun] > collectively smalla1325 simplea1375 riff-raffc1475 lowly1547 little folk1580 little people1699 lowlife1820 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2892 Hem-seluen he..holden ðe tigeles tale, And elten and eilden grete & smale. a1400 Psalter (Egerton) cxviii. 130 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 256 (MED) To smale [L. parvulos; Vesp. Schirenes of þi speche lightes wit, Vnderstanding to litel giues ite]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxiii. 12 Yee he blesseth all them that feare the Lorde, both small & greate. 1597 J. Tanner Serm. Paules Crosse (new ed.) 29 The cause of the smalle, as well as the greate. 1679 S. Woodford Paraphr. upon Canticles 63 Both small and great there undistinguisht be, Undisturb'd by outworn Authority. 1737 tr. C. de Bruyn Trav. into Muscovy I. 31/2 They then begin to give Easter eggs, which continues for a fortnight, a custom as well among the great as the small. 1781 W. Cowper Truth 375 Envy, ye great, the dull, unletter'd small. 1860 W. Fraser Parish Serm. 7 Now, at this moment, all, the living and the dead, the just and the unjust, the small and the great, wherever they may be, are standing before Him. 1926 W. Lewis Art of being Ruled (1989) ii. iii. 76 The oppression of the poor by the rich is associated with the stultification of the great by the small. 1999 G. DeMar Last Days Madness (ed. 4) i. 20 The small and the great, the sane and the insane, the sacred and the profane have been quick to predict when the end might come. extracted from smalladj.n.² < as lemmas
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