| 单词 | in large |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin large a. in large. extracted from largeadj.adv.n.int.ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb] largec1405 sensibly?a1425 eloquently1471 fectuallyc1485 in largea1500 pithily1533 enforcingly1571 emphatically1577 nervously1641 sensible1659 nervosely1678 forcefullya1774 cogentlya1797 accentedly1856 tersely1874 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xviii. 212 Neuertheles, son, yit shuld thou lett Herfor to speke in large. (b) On a large scale. Frequently contrasted with in little, in small, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > in operation [phrase] > on a large scale in large?1601 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adverb] > on a large scale in large?1601 largely1617 in the large1813 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > large [phrase] > on a large scale in folio1590 in large?1601 in great1635 ?1601 J. Speed Descr. Ciuill Warres Eng. (single sheet) To further so good a worke: which being finished in large with the liking of the motioners. a1618 J. Sylvester tr. Little Bartas in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 765 To doo, in Little, what in Large was done. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 36 The..Plates represent, in large, the same Designs..as those described in little. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §219 (note) I have made trial of this method, both in small and in large. 1837 J. Prinsep in A. Cunningham Archaeol. Surv. India 1862–5 (1871) I. p. ix Very legible inscriptions, which are done in large on the next plate. 1855 R. Browning Old Pictures in Florence xxi Where the strong and the weak, this world's congeries, Repeat in large what they practised in small. 1939 S. A. Ionides & M. L. Ionides Stars & Men xvii. 409 The ancient peoples did not know the implication of their ordinary statement that the Earth reflects in miniature what the heavens show in large. 2008 G. McCracken Transformations 211 The..transformation failed in small and in large. < as lemmas |
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