| 单词 | highest-cost |
| 释义 | > as lemmashighest-cost (b) In noun phrases used attributively (cf. high adj. and n.2 Compounds 2a), as highest-cost, highest-quality, etc. ΚΠ 1839 Niles' National Reg. 10 Aug. 377/1 Mr. Bottomly had made at least twenty-one entries, by the assistance of deputy Campbell, in every case by the highest cost package of each invoice. 1859 Morning Post 29 Apr. 1/5 (advt.) To be disposed of, Six Dozen of Thompson and Croft's highest quality port, vintage 1820. 1907 Pop. Mech. June 699/2 (advt.) We..sell highest-grade receivers. 1967 E. U. Condon & H. Odishaw Handbk. Physics (ed. 2) ix. xi. 273/2 It also appears now that the highest-energy cosmic-ray particles may be of extragalactic origin. 1993 Videography Winter m23/1 The Studio codec supports ‘adaptive compression’, which allows the dynamic adjustment of compression levels to get the highest-quality image possible for each frame. 2012 Toronto Star (Nexis) 7 Aug. a17 The Pickering A Nuclear Station, meanwhile, recently won the dubious honour of being the highest-cost nuclear power plant in North America. < as lemmas |
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