单词 | at the large |
释义 | > as lemmasat the large (a) At liberty. Obsolete. rare. Cf. at large at Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > at (very) most at (the) mostc1300 at the largea1398 at uttermost1530 at the utmost (at utmost)1619 at the outside1852 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. lxxviii. 1230 Bytwene wilde asses and tame asses ben ygendred most swyfte asses. And..a fre beste at þe large [L. liberum] and nought ytamed. (b) At the most. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 447 Seuen dayes to Sandewyche I sette at the large, Sexty myle on a daye. < as lemmas |
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