英语词汇“as old as the world”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. In similes, as as old as the world, etc. See also (as) old as Adam at Adam n.¹ Phrases 2, as old as Methuselah at Methuselah n. 1a.

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1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) sig. Hii Also olde as euer was matheusale.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 69 As old as Sibell, and as curst and shrow'd As Socrates Zentippe.

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) Pref. sig. a 3 b That many are naturally querulous and envious, is an Evil as old as the World.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. vi. 208 Is he not more worthy of Affection than a dirty Country Clown, tho' he's born of a Family as old as the Flood?

1865 J. G. Bertram Harvest of Sea iii. 69 The art of pisciculture is almost as old as civilisation itself.

1914 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 4 Apr. 10/1 They were alike save for the interval of a step. That marked a difference. It was a difference as old as the world.

1992 Economist 26 Dec. 35 (caption) The attempts to suppress video-nasties, lewd pictures and violent pop songs are nothing new. Censorship of the arts is as old as civilisation itself.

单词	as old as the world
释义	> as lemmas as old as the world P2. In similes, as as old as the world, etc. See also (as) old as Adam at Adam n.¹ Phrases 2, as old as Methuselah at Methuselah n. 1a. ΚΠ 1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) sig. Hii Also olde as euer was matheusale. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 69 As old as Sibell, and as curst and shrow'd As Socrates Zentippe. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) Pref. sig. a 3 b That many are naturally querulous and envious, is an Evil as old as the World. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. vi. 208 Is he not more worthy of Affection than a dirty Country Clown, tho' he's born of a Family as old as the Flood? View more context for this quotation 1865 J. G. Bertram Harvest of Sea iii. 69 The art of pisciculture is almost as old as civilisation itself. 1914 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 4 Apr. 10/1 They were alike save for the interval of a step. That marked a difference. It was a difference as old as the world. 1992 Economist 26 Dec. 35 (caption) The attempts to suppress video-nasties, lewd pictures and violent pop songs are nothing new. Censorship of the arts is as old as civilisation itself. extracted from oldadj. < as lemmas
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