英语词汇“a world of good”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) In singular with indefinite article. Esp. in early use: a vast expanse (of land or water); now chiefly a world of good or a world of difference. Sometimes more emphatically a whole world of.See also it is a world at Phrases 14, a world of years at Phrases 22. [Compare Middle French, French un monde de a large quantity of (15th cent.).]

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the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > vast amount of

a whole world of1575

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) vii. l. 28 (MED) The playner part of fraunce a craft hath fonde To repe in litel space a world of londe.

c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) lxxxii Standing there I sawe A warld of folk.

1575 A. Golding tr. Iustification Prince of Orendge 113 But the Cardinall came to the Towne in very good season, who in very deede doth a whole worlde of good turnes heer.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 353 A worlde of tormentes though I should endure.

1616 R. Betts tr. King James VI & I Remonstr. Right of Kings 264 There is a world of difference betweene the termes of disobedience, and of deposition.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 16 I beheld a world of old Bookes.

1673 T. Blount (title) A world of errors discovered in the new world of words.

1703 Earl of Orrery As you find It ii. ii. 22 I have a World of Business to do this Afternoon.

1779 G. Keate Sketches from Nature (ed. 2) II. 78 A ship that hath traversed the globe, and cut her passage through a world of waters.

1791 F. Burney Jrnl. Sept. (1972) I. 57 The Water has done me a World of good—I drink it at morning & Noon regularly.

1804 W. Scott 19 Mar. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott I. xii. 412 I had a world of things to say to you.

1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1866) 1st Ser. v. 79 A whole world of passions.

1880 Notes & Queries 6th Ser. 1 412/2 The daffodils of the garden are amaryllids; and between these and lily-worts there is a world of difference.

1897 S. Crane Third Violet iv. 22 These long walks in the clear mountain air are doing you a world of good.

1903 Times 4 Mar. 5 There is a world of difference between the Iron Chancellor and Count von Bülow.

1949 R. Lowell Let. 5 Nov. (1982) 167 I have a world of things to do.

1990 A. Stoddard Gift of Let. Introd. 10 A world of difference separates a phone call from a letter.

2002 J. McGahern That they may face Rising Sun (2003) 221 A touch of hardship would do them a world of good.

单词	a world of good
释义	> as lemmas a world of good (a) In singular with indefinite article. Esp. in early use: a vast expanse (of land or water); now chiefly a world of good or a world of difference. Sometimes more emphatically a whole world of.See also it is a world at Phrases 14, a world of years at Phrases 22. [Compare Middle French, French un monde de a large quantity of (15th cent.).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > vast amount of a whole world of1575 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) vii. l. 28 (MED) The playner part of fraunce a craft hath fonde To repe in litel space a world of londe. c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) lxxxii Standing there I sawe A warld of folk. 1575 A. Golding tr. Iustification Prince of Orendge 113 But the Cardinall came to the Towne in very good season, who in very deede doth a whole worlde of good turnes heer. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 353 A worlde of tormentes though I should endure. View more context for this quotation 1616 R. Betts tr. King James VI & I Remonstr. Right of Kings 264 There is a world of difference betweene the termes of disobedience, and of deposition. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 16 I beheld a world of old Bookes. 1673 T. Blount (title) A world of errors discovered in the new world of words. 1703 Earl of Orrery As you find It ii. ii. 22 I have a World of Business to do this Afternoon. 1779 G. Keate Sketches from Nature (ed. 2) II. 78 A ship that hath traversed the globe, and cut her passage through a world of waters. 1791 F. Burney Jrnl. Sept. (1972) I. 57 The Water has done me a World of good—I drink it at morning & Noon regularly. 1804 W. Scott 19 Mar. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott I. xii. 412 I had a world of things to say to you. 1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1866) 1st Ser. v. 79 A whole world of passions. 1880 Notes & Queries 6th Ser. 1 412/2 The daffodils of the garden are amaryllids; and between these and lily-worts there is a world of difference. 1897 S. Crane Third Violet iv. 22 These long walks in the clear mountain air are doing you a world of good. 1903 Times 4 Mar. 5 There is a world of difference between the Iron Chancellor and Count von Bülow. 1949 R. Lowell Let. 5 Nov. (1982) 167 I have a world of things to do. 1990 A. Stoddard Gift of Let. Introd. 10 A world of difference separates a phone call from a letter. 2002 J. McGahern That they may face Rising Sun (2003) 221 A touch of hardship would do them a world of good. extracted from worldn. < as lemmas
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