| 单词 | gross average |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgross average 7. Concerned with large masses or outlines; general, opposed to particular. Now chiefly with reference to Anatomy or Pathology, opposed to microscopic. †gross average = general average (see average n.2 4). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specified > general or not detailed universal?c1425 gross1433 summary1529 general1538 generalized1768 broad1860 slumpy1864 light-touch1949 1433 J. Lydgate Legend St. Edmund iii. 927 Ingland hath suffryd this tribut ful terryble, Fond fauour noon, groos nor particuler. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxxxiiii All grose maters that concernyd the gouernaunce of his Realme. 1702 S. Patrick Comm. Josh. xvi. 8 This is the inheritance of the tribe of Ephraim by their families.—A gross description of it. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Average For gross or common Average to have Place. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. ii. 141 To determine the Seat of the Pain within gross Limits. 1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 6 The Damage should not have been declared a gross Average, but a particular one on the Goods damaged. 1887 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 1 209 Anatomical results have a reputation for superior credibility, and it is a generally accepted idea that within the limits of gross anatomy the reputation is well grounded. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 849 A supposed drunken fit which may eventually turn out to be a state due to gross cerebral lesion. < as lemmas |
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