单词 | in stuff |
释义 | > as lemmasin stuff d. Material for literary elaboration; the matter or substance of a work, as distinguished from the form. Now rare. †in stuff: as regards the matter or substance. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > materials of topic > [noun] > as opposed to form matter1340 stuffc1450 substancec1475 subject matter1583 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > materials of topic > [adverb] in stuff1619 c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Augustine (1910) 60 Þis glorious doctour whom all cristen men ar bounde to do worchip, most specialy clerkys..þat haue grete stuf oute of his bokes to her lernyng. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 52v They busie not them selues with forme of buildyng: They do not declare, this stuffe is thus framed by Demosthenes, and thus and thus by Tullie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) v. i. 82 And for thy fiction, Why thy Verse swels with stuffe so fine and smooth, That thou art euen Naturall in thine Art. View more context for this quotation 1619 in S. R. Gardiner Lett. Relations Eng. & Germany (1865) 1st Ser. 192 The inclosed writing..being, as by perusall you will find, in stuffe the very same with that I had at Saltzburg. 1675 A. Marvell Let. 23 Oct. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 166 Hauing scarse stuffe enough for a Letter to the Bench I content my selfe.. with acquainting you [etc.]. 1684 Earl of Roscommon Ess. Translated Verse 4 Degrading Prose explains his meaning ill, And shews the Stuff, but not the Workman's skill. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic II. iii. ix. 458 This great event [sc. the siege of Harlem] constituted..the principal stuff in Netherland history, up to the middle of the year 1573. < as lemmas |
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