| 单词 | in great force |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin great force b. Military. Of a host, enemy, etc.: (Collected) in great military strength and large numbers (cf. sense 3). Also, in great force. [ < French en force.] ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military power > [adverb] with force1303 in forcec1315 stronglyc1400 in great force1793 c1315 Shoreham 156 Ryȝt develen for screawedhede Ever ine force scholle brede. 1793 E. Burke Remarks Policy Allies in Wks. (1823) VII. 119 When the army of some sovereign enters into the enemy's country in great force. 1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) at Force As the enemy were in force behind the mountains. 1835 A. Alison Hist. Europe during French Revol. IV. xxx. 257 The Republicans were unable to drive back their opponents from the..heights, which they had occupied in force. 1885 Times (Weekly ed.) 23 Jan. 3/2 The enemy is reported to be in force at Metamneh. in great force c. of persons (usually in great force): In full command of one's powers, energies, or abilities; esp. Displaying readiness and vivacity in conversation or oratory (colloquial). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective] wordyeOE talewisec1200 i-worded?c1225 babblinga1250 cacklinga1250 chatteringa1250 speakfula1250 word-wooda1250 of many wordsc1350 janglingc1374 tatteringc1380 tongueya1382 ganglinga1398 readya1400 jargaunt1412 talkative1432 open-moutheda1470 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 windy1513 popping1528 smatteringa1529 rattle?1529 communicablea1533 blab1552 gaggling1553 long-tongued?1553 prittle-prattle1556 pattering1558 talking1560 bobling1566 gabbling1566 verbal1572 piet1573 twattling1573 flibber gibber1575 babblative1576 tickle-tongued1577 tattling1581 buzzing1587 long-winded1589 multiloquous1591 discoursive1599 rattling1600 glib1602 flippant1605 talkful1605 nimble-tongued1608 tongue-ripe1610 fliperous1611 garrulous?1611 futile1612 overspeaking1612 feather-tongueda1618 tongue-free1617 long-breatheda1628 well-breathed1635 multiloquious1640 untongue-tied1640 unretentive1650 communicative1651 linguacious1651 glibbed1654 largiloquent1656 multiloquent1656 parlagea1657 loose-clacked1661 nimble-chop1662 twit-twat1665 over-talkativea1667 loquacious1667 loudmouth1668 conversable1673 gash1681 narrative1681 chappy1693 apposite1701 conversative1703 gabbit1710 lubricous1715 gabby?1719 ventose1721 taleful1726 chatty?1741 blethering1759 renable1781 fetch-fire1784 conversational1799 conversant1803 gashing1808 long-lunged1815 talky1815 multi-loquacious1819 prolegomenous1822 talky-talky1831 nimble-mouthed1836 slipper1842 speechful1842 gassy1843 in great force1849 yattering1859 babbly1860 irreticent1864 chattable1867 lubrical1867 chattery1869 loose-mouthed1872 chinny1883 tongue-wagging1885 yappy1909 big-mouthed1914 loose-lipped1919 ear-bashing1945 ear-bending1946 yackety-yacking1953 nattering1959 yacking1959 woofy1960 1849 R. G. A. Levinge Cromwell Doolan II. vi. 130 The young ladies..were in the greatest possible ‘force’, as Filagree termed it, and full of fun. 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. vii. 212 Latterly Calvert was better..He was in force again. 1857 A. H. Elton Below Surface I. vi. 120 Sir Eliot Prichard, quite at his ease, and in high force. 1857 Ld. Houghton Let. 27 Aug. in T. W. Reid Life Ld. Houghton (1890) II. xii. 18 M. Guizot is in great force, and full of political and literary gossip. < as lemmas |
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