单词 | in piecemeal |
释义 | > as lemmasin piecemeal 2. in piecemeal. extracted from piecemealadv.n.adj.ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > into (small) pieces [phrase] in (also into, on, a) piecesa1275 (all) to shiversc1275 to piecesc1300 asundera1325 to set in sunderc1325 in sunderc1390 in, into shredsc1400 in small1419 in piecemeal?a1425 in piecemealsa1470 by piecemeals1576 in shivers1589 in or into splinters1612 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 136 Albucasis wil þat, if it may not be drawen out with ingenijs ysaid, þat..it be kutted in pecez mele [?c1425 Paris by gobatmele; L. frustatim]. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iv. f. 17/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The fishmongers were forced to hack it in gobb[et]s, and so to cary it in peecemeale throughout the countrey. a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. E4v Reuolt, or Ile in peece-meale teare thy flesh. 1617 D. Gale Pyramus & Thisbe xxii Who hath seene a mournefull Doe lament For her young Kid, in peecemeale torne and rent? 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ix. 178 Is any Student tearing his Straw in piece-meal, Swearing and Blaspheming? 1852 B. R. Hall Frank Freeman's Barber Shop x. 172 That non-descript old fellow [sc. Winter]..was snowing, now large flakes, now spitting it out, in piece-meal. b. One piece at a time; little by little, by degrees. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > specifically [phrase] > in detail from point to pointa1393 in speciala1398 specialityc1485 in particularity1559 in piecemeal1561 in (the) detail1603 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [phrase] > piecemeal by piecemealc1325 piece by piecea1500 piece and piecea1522 by lumps1576 in piecemeal1693 in piecemeals1715 (in or by) dribs and drabs1809 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. Rr.iiiv [To] vnderstande in peecemeale whatsoeuer belongeth to his people. 1693 W. Freke Sel. Ess. xix. 114 They that can bear Pedantry in Piece-meal, will be even sick when they peruse his Masse of it. 1915 J. Huneker New Cosmopolis 320 Various bands, brass and wood-wind predominating, attack Wagner in piecemeal. 1999 R. L. Callaway Realities of Managem. vi. 90 The leaders in the trenches either implemented the directives from the top slowly and in piecemeal, or just ignored them entirely. < as lemmas |
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