| 单词 | in piecemeals |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin piecemeals 3. in piecemeals. 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 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 383 I had rathir be hewyn in pyese-mealys. 1751 T. Pellow Hist. Long Captivity 344 They would no Doubt have soon hauled me in Piecemeals. 1870 E. Kellogg Ark Elm Island 22 She was to be sold with her contents, or broken up and disposed of in piece-meals. b. = B. 2b. ΘΚΠ 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 1715 Life Oliver Cromwel 128 After that in Part and piecemeals he had deny'd the Pomps and vanities of this wicked world. 1860 J. A. Eames Budget Closed lxxviii. 282 His chair and bedstead are among ‘the things that were’, having been carried away in piecemeals by visitors, but his table is there still. 1908 Atlanta Constit. 27 Sept. 2 b/3 Shall our country be destroyed in piecemeals, or shall we administer the dose in a lump? 1990 Econ. Rev. (Nexis) July 38 As such the trade and industry circles of this country are confidently expecting mini-budgets later on in piecemeals. < as lemmas |
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