| 单词 | a lite |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa lite c. a lite (in early texts often written alite): a little. Used also adverbially. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > to a small extent or slightly lightlyeOE liteOE littleOE a litec1290 smallc1300 softc1390 smally?a1425 slenderlya1513 hoverly1549 remissly1557 slender1581 not half1583 faintly1590 slightly1594 lankly1611 lowly1655 slight1671 nicely1698 weakly1775 sparingly1796 jimply1816 feebly1830 slightually1859 marginally1960 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > to a small extent or a little littlec1175 a litec1290 a little quantityc1330 little whata1387 wee1513 a whit1526 thought1581 a wee bita1661 a small (also little) matter1690 a trifle1859 a wheen1869 a taste1894 smitch1895 a lick1902 mite1939 a skosh1959 a tidge1959 a tad1969 the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] > a small number of some fewOE puckleOE a litec1290 couple1365 a…or twoa1400 handfulc1443 a wheen (of)1487 and odd1548 sprinkling1561 pair1611 scattering1628 sprinkle1754 c1290 Beket 1896 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 161 A luyte [v.r. lute] bi-fore cristemasse to þe kinge heo come. c1290 St. Kenelm 318 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 354 Huy comen into one wode: a luyte bi este þe toune. c1330 Arth. & Merl. 435 (Kölbing) For þe barouns were hende Bi Salesbiri biside a lite Al redi bataile to smite. c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 249 If he wol make me slepe a lyte,..I wil yive him a fether-bed. a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1240 I have but a lite, And likly am herafter to have lesse. c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 17 Þe ȝolke an þe whyte y-strainyd a lyte. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid viii. Prol. 3 I slaid on a swevynnyng slummerand a lite. 1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 766 in Wks. (1931) I Wyll the deith a lyte withdrawe his darte. 1584 T. Lodge Alarum (1879) 73 Such stately knees as when they bend a lite, All knees doo bend. 1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 30 A Lite: a few, a little. 1746 Exmoor Courtship 30 Ees hire yow lick a lit about ma Cozen Magery. a lite 1. Few. Also, a lite = few adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [adjective] feweOE whonc950 litea1000 littleOE petitc1390 wheenc1400 sobera1535 slim1852 a1000 Be Domes Dæge 61 He mid lyt wordum ac geleaf~fullum his hæle begeat. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 105 We wilen bi godes wissinge and bi his helpe þerof cuþen ȝiu þese lit word. c1230 Hali Meid. 19 Þe hehscipe of þe mede þat tis ilke lut wordes bicluppen abuten. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 211 Lite prestis or none ben clene of þis symonye. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 27864 Þer ar synnis lite [Cott. foun]..worre to amende þen is þis. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 47 With a lite grotes put hom þer in And sethe hom wele. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1312 Soght to þe Citie on soppes to-gedur Tho þat left were on lyue þogh þai lite were. c1650 (c1515) Sc. Field (Percy) l. 9 in J. W. Hales & F. J. Furnivall Bp. Percy's Folio MS (1867) I. 212 There were lite Lords in this land that to that Lord longed. 1860 E. Waugh Yeth-Bobs iii. 47 ‘It'll be within a light (few) minutes o' noon, aw'll be bund.’ 1870 B. Brierley Ab-o'th-Yate on Times & Things 48 If anybody had axt me heaw mony friends I had,..I should ha' bin bothered to ha' said how loit (few). < as lemmas |
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