英语词汇“many hands make light work”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. many hands make light work and variants: a task is soon accomplished if many people help.

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c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) l. 3352 Þe Ascopard be strong & sterk, Mani hondes makeþ liȝt werk!

c1450 MS Douce 52 in Festschrift zum XII. Neuphilologentage (1906) 50 Many hondys makyn lyȝth worke.

1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes f. xxxvi Many handes make a lyghte burthen.

a1576 W. Bullein Dial. Sorenes f. viii^v, in Bulwarke Def. (1579) Many handes make light worke, and many shoulders passe small of great burdens.

1616 N. Breton Crossing of Proverbs: 2nd Pt. sig. B3 Many handes make quicke worke.

1658 J. Spencer Καινα και Παλαια 292 They say, That many hands make light work; but it is usually seen, that many hands make sleight work.

1703 P. Rowe True Method, Raising of Souldiers iv. 11 Many hands make light work in dispatching the Ship in port.

1780 J. Keys Pract. Bee-master xv. 236 As according to the old adage, ‘Many hands make light work’, so two pecks of Bees in one hive, will procure twice the quantity of honey than if the same number..had been divided into two hives.

1857 A. Ward & M. N. Ward Husband in Utah iii. 33 They were all very industrious, and so many hands certainly made labour light.

1886 Some Acct. Presbyterian Church Toms River 24 How light the work seemed when so many hands joined to make it so!

1921 Trident of Delta Delta Delta Apr. 312 You'd be surprised how efficiently many hands made easy work of two weeks' of cooking for ourselves.

2009 S. Wales Echo (Nexis) 26 Dec. 5 The amount of kit was immense but everyone mucked in and many hands made light work.

单词	many hands make light work
释义	> as lemmas many hands make light work d. many hands make light work and variants: a task is soon accomplished if many people help. ΚΠ c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) l. 3352 Þe Ascopard be strong & sterk, Mani hondes makeþ liȝt werk! c1450 MS Douce 52 in Festschrift zum XII. Neuphilologentage (1906) 50 Many hondys makyn lyȝth worke. 1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes f. xxxvi Many handes make a lyghte burthen. a1576 W. Bullein Dial. Sorenes f. viii^v, in Bulwarke Def. (1579) Many handes make light worke, and many shoulders passe small of great burdens. 1616 N. Breton Crossing of Proverbs: 2nd Pt. sig. B3 Many handes make quicke worke. 1658 J. Spencer Καινα και Παλαια 292 They say, That many hands make light work; but it is usually seen, that many hands make sleight work. 1703 P. Rowe True Method, Raising of Souldiers iv. 11 Many hands make light work in dispatching the Ship in port. 1780 J. Keys Pract. Bee-master xv. 236 As according to the old adage, ‘Many hands make light work’, so two pecks of Bees in one hive, will procure twice the quantity of honey than if the same number..had been divided into two hives. 1857 A. Ward & M. N. Ward Husband in Utah iii. 33 They were all very industrious, and so many hands certainly made labour light. 1886 Some Acct. Presbyterian Church Toms River 24 How light the work seemed when so many hands joined to make it so! 1921 Trident of Delta Delta Delta Apr. 312 You'd be surprised how efficiently many hands made easy work of two weeks' of cooking for ourselves. 2009 S. Wales Echo (Nexis) 26 Dec. 5 The amount of kit was immense but everyone mucked in and many hands made light work. extracted from handn. < as lemmas
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