| 单词 | make even |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make even d. Typography. Of the lines of a piece of text: of equal length. Of text: composed of lines of equal length. Chiefly in various phrases used with reference to adjusting the spacing of the last few lines of a piece of copy so that the last matches its predecessors in length, as to make even lines (also to make even), to end even. Now rare. ΚΠ 1825 T. C. Hansard Typographia ii. i. 413 If it [sc. the matter to be abstracted] be more considerable, he may be obliged to over-run many lines before he can..make even. 1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing 188 The page must be had in view and kept right.., but never to make even lines too suddenly so as to cause the spacing to be unsightly. 1860 G. Ruse & C. Straker Printing & its Accessories i. § 2. 129 The compositors have each to ‘begin even’ and ‘end even’. 1901 Brit. Printer Sept. 236/2 It will be easy to so space the following lines to make even. 1912 A. A. Stewart Printer's Dict. Techn. Terms 64 End Even, to finish copy even at the end of a line of type, without blank, or regard to paragraph. A practice formerly common in newspaper offices. 1940 Print Sept. 103/1 Mr. Norman W. Forgue, designer of the present volume, uses condensed type on the wrapper—and letter-spaces it to make even lines, to boot. 1983 A. Campbell Graphic Designer's Handbk. ix. 156/2 End even, instruction to a typesetter to end a section of copy with a full line. to make even PhrasesΚΠ c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3262 He hine huld an hæfne. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 9567 (MED) King steuene Vor lute poer & feblesse huld him al an euene. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 72 Ȝyf boþe beþ of god wylle, And of assent at emne. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 1702 (MED) Whan Lucifer was best in hevene And oghte moste have stonde in evene, Towardes god he tok debat. a. To settle or square accounts with a person; to settle up, pay one's debts (literal and figurative) (also in early use to make oneself even). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > be, get, or declare oneself even to make oneself evenc1390 to cry quittance1579 to cry (a person) quit1590 to cry quits1625 to start faira1637 to get hunk (with)1845 c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 128 For heer but ȝif we make vs euene, Þer may no miht ne ȝiftes ȝeyne. 1578 A. Golding tr. Seneca Conc. Benefyting vi. v. f. 85v This dout..when the same man that hath doon mee a good turne dooth mee afterward a displeasure, whither ought I both too requyte his good turne, and yet neuerthelesse too bee reuenged of him, and so to make euen with him seuerally, as in seuerall respects: or else [etc.]. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe Ep. Ded. sig. A2v By that time his Tobacco marchant is made euen with..his purse is on the heild. 1622 S. Ward Christ All in All (1627) 36 When he had distributed all he had to the poore, and made euen with his reuenues, etc. 1661 S. Pepys Diary 25 June (1970) II. 126 I made even with my father and the two drapers for the cloths I sent to sea lately. 1745 Iberian Novels i. 38 in Iberian Tales & Novels He had no great Matter left, when he had made even with all the Creditors. b. To compensate or make up for. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1598 R. Haydocke in tr. G. P. Lomazzo Tracte Artes Paintinge To Rdr. sig. ¶iiijv I haue bettered mine [auctour], or at the least made even for such other imperfections, as can hardly escape the best Translators. 1617 A. Cooke Worke for Masse-priest sig. B I would know how your Pope comes to know..that the doing of this, or that, will suffice to make eauen for the remainder of their punishment. 1664 G. Havers tr. T. Renaudot et al. Gen. Coll. Disc. Virtuosi France xliii. 260 To make even for this, they [sc. the Jews] have every where practis'd..excessive Usury towards all other Nations. 1727 Magna Britannia IV. 199/1 There should be one [sc. a death] to make even for Dr. Fisher Bishop of Rochester's Sufferings. ΚΠ ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 3292 Þan wer boþe þe kynges brouht alle tille euen. P4. In various phrases combining even (chiefly in sense A. 17) with odd (see odd adj. 2). See also odd adj. 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [phrase] > nothing, no one, not any never onec1175 never ac1300 never kinsc1300 no kinsc1350 for odd or evenc1425 never anyc1522 penny nor paternoster1528 never a one1534 not a soul1568 neither top nor toe1610 no flesh1663 neither horn nor hoof1664 no sort of‥1736 no nothing1815 the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > in full or to fullest extent > fully or without exceptions or qualifications quite and cleana1175 for odd or evenc1425 the fullness of timec1425 in toto1798 sans phrase1808 hook, line, and sinker1838 c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 5666 (MED) Thei swore..Thei schal neuere [fle] for euene ne for od. c1475 Erthe upon Erthe (Brogyntyn) (1911) 25 (MED) Loke þou lete, for oode ne for ewyne. c1480 (a1400) St. Matthew 382 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 201 How dar þu þane for hod or ewyn fra þi lorde tak hyre to þe? 1603 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Charteris) (1920) 43 I sweir the be the Heuin, I sal hir neuer displeis for od nor euin. ΚΠ ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4957 All ȝone oste, bathe euen and od. a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Laud) (1998) I. l. 507 He shulde..foryeven hym even and odde That he hadde doone. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xx. 120 Tratours kene That ithandly hes streuin For to deface the nobill race Of Stewarts, od and euin. ΚΠ a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xix. 224 I haue sene the lamb of God..And towchid hym, for euen or od. d. evens and (also or) odds (also even and odd, even or odd): any of various games of chance, esp. a guessing game involving objects concealed in a player's hand; = odds and (also or) evens at odd n.1 1b. Also figurative. †to go even or odd: to play such a game as a means of determining something (obsolete).See also earlier by evens and odds at evens n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > other games of chance > [noun] even or odd1538 love1585 Jack-in-the-box?1593 under-hat1629 pluck-penny1643 morra1659 catch-dolt1674 shuffle-cap1712 fair chance1723 E O1751 teetotum1753 rondo1821 cut-throat1823 hop-my-fool1824 odds and evens1841 spin-'em-round1851 halfpenny under the hat1853 racehorses1853 fan-tan1878 tan1883 pakapoo1886 legality1888 petits chevaux1891 pai gow1906 boule1911 put and take1921 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > play games of chance [verb (intransitive)] play1340 game1529 nick1611 to cast a chancea1628 to go even or odd1658 gamble1757 gaff1819 buck1849 spiel1859 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Par impar, a game that children vsed, called euen or odde. c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Av The names of Dyce...A bale of long dyce for euen and odde. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Pari dispari, euen and odde, a kinde of play so called. 1658 J. Goodwin Triumviri xvi. 220 I dare not play at even and odd with him in the dark. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 551 To play at even or odd. 1710 Brit. Apollo 5–7 Apr. A...Challenges B. to go even or odd with him for a..Sum of Money. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber i. 13 Socrates cou'd take pleasure in playing at Even or Odd with his Children. 1742 H. Fielding & W. Young tr. Aristophanes Plutus iv. i. 79 We Servants now play at Even and Odd with Golden Staters. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iv. iv. 289 Even or Odd is another childish game of chance well known to the ancients. 1833 Belfast News-let. 12 July It was a quite common thing for them to toss up for a score of dollars, or to play ‘evens or odds’ for a handful or a pocketful at a time. 1843 E. A. Poe Purloined Let. in Wks. (1850) I. 271 I knew one [schoolboy]..whose success at guessing in the game of ‘even and odd’ attracted universal admiration. 1907 Baroness Orczy In Mary’s Reign i. i. 13 There were the trestles where one could play at ball and knucklebone, or chance and mumchance; another, where evens and odds and backgammon proved tempting. 1965 N.Y. Times 28 Nov. 95/2 The ‘quiet Tommy Dodd’ that Jack won't join in is Cockney rhyming slang for a coin-spinning gambling game called ‘even and odd’. 1985 B. Barclay Last Echo i. 22 Ernst the gambler looks for a game of even and odd. 2010 Lockhart (Texas) Post-Register 22 July 4 b Play evens and odds with your fingers. ΚΠ a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 318 He dud a grete batayle wyth sir Launcelot, and there they departed on evyn hondis. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 461 There they fought longe..and they were so wery that they lefft that batayle on evyn honde [1485 Caxton they lefte that bataille euen hand]. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. iv. sig. Giv Sens tyt for tat..on euen hand is set, Set the hares head agaynst the goose ieblet. 1564 A. Golding tr. Justinus Hist. Trogus Pompeius iii. f. 23v Long time the victory hong in doubtful balance, sometime the one winninge and sometime the other. At the last they departed of euen hande. 1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste ii. v. f. 63v All those that were of indifferent beautie..were neither bought, nor solde, but at euen hande deliuered. 1602 T. North tr. S. Goulart Lives Epaminondas, Philip of Macedon 10 Now the signe to fight being giuen, the Lacedæmonians marched of euen hand with the two hornes of their battel, ordred in forme of a Cressant. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 41 Who so is out of Hope to attaine to anothers Vertue, will seeke to come at euen hand, by Depressing an others Fortune. a1689 A. Behn Wandring Beauty (1698) 9 Her Mother..was..well pleased..; and especially, when she understood the Exchange was to be made on even Hands. 1705 G. Farquhar Stage-coach (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. A2v Mens Minds will either feed upon their own Good, or upon others Evil, and who wanteth one will..strive to come at even Hand, by depressing it with black mouth'd Obloquy. 1752 Mem. Life & Actions Charles Osborn vi. 89 I was at even hands with her, when she had left the world. P6. to be even with: to be quits with; esp. to have inflicted trouble or harm on a person which is similar to that which he or she has inflicted on oneself; to have taken one's revenge upon, to have retaliated against. Cf. to get even with at Phrases 10a. Chiefly colloquial. Now somewhat rare.Sometimes difficult to distinguish from to be even with at sense A. 14, from which this idiomatic use probably developed. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute (vengeance) [verb (transitive)] > take vengeance on > be revenged upon to be even witha1500 to have one's pennyworths out ofa1566 to be meet (also meets) with1584 to be with1597 to get even with1846 a1500 Merchant & Son l. 210 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 147 My fadur ys evyn wyth all the worlde. 1545 J. Bale Mysterye Inyquyte P. Pantolabus f. 19v The prestes not contented wt so spyghtfull an iniurye, thought they wolde be euen with saynt Donstane for it, as they were in dede. 1626 in S. R. Gardiner Documents Impeachm. Duke of Buckingham (1889) 63 The Ambassadors man..made a great complaint of theyr il usidge in England, wheare uppon hee vowed to bee even with our Inglish. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 86 I will even be with you for this scorn. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 3 July The Publick is always Even with an Author who has not a just Deference for them. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. ii. 33 I was determined to be even with Barnardine for refusing to tell me the secret. 1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin I. iv. 35 Come out, and I'll be even with you, pretty one. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 264 Verily I would be even with thee, if I had the power. 1910 Proc. Old Bailey 18 July 416 I will be even with her yet. She is a black devil of the deepest dye. 1974 T. McHale Alinsky's Diamond xxvi. 259 Then I'll be even with that wog for sayin' Marilyn ain't holy 'n' can't perform a miracle. P7. evenly even: (originally) designating a whole number in which every even divisor divides it by an even number; (in later use also) designating a number that is divisible by 4. Now rare.In the original sense, all evenly even numbers are powers of 2 (and vice versa). ΚΠ 1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Aiiiv Euen nombers euenly, are such nombers as maie bee parted continually into euen halfes, till you come to an vnitie. As for example, 32.] 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. vii. f. 184v A number euenly euen..is that number, which an euen number measureth by an euen number. 1679 J. Moxon Math. made Easie 53 32 is said to be a Number Evenly even. 1796 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. (new ed.) I. 450/1 Evenly Even Number, is that which an even number measures by an even number; as 16, which the number 8 measures by the even number 2. 1836 A. De Morgan Differential & Integral Calculus vii. 123 When n is evenly even, (of the form 4m,) the sign of the whole is contrary to that which exists when n is oddly even. 1999 T. J. Mathiesen Apollo's Lyre v. 364 Among the even numbers, he defines the evenly-even numbers as those that are the product of even numbers and have entirely even parts. P8. oddly even: designating a whole number which can be expressed as the product of an odd number and an even number; (in later use esp.) designating a number of this kind that is not divisible by 4. Now rare. ΚΠ 1570 H. Billingsley in tr. Euclid Elements Geom. vii. f. 185 A number oddly euen..is that which an odde number measureth by an euen number. 1676 tr. H. C. Agrippa Vanity Arts & Sci. xii Arithmetic treats of Numbers..which is evenly odde, and which odly even. 1730 A. Malcolm New Syst. Arithm. v. i. 327 All Composite Numbers are divided into evenly even, oddly even, and oddly odd. 1877 E. Brooks Normal Higher Arithm. xiii. 461 The Even Numbers are divided into the oddly even numbers..and the evenly even numbers. 2013 G. E. Andrews in I. S. Kotsireas & E. V. Zima Adv. Combinatorics 73 Oddly even numbers are numbers congruent to 2 modulo 4. P9. of even date: of the same date. Also having (or bearing, etc.) even date.Chiefly in formal contexts (in formal correspondence, legal documents, etc.); now almost exclusively in legal use. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adverb] > of the same date of even date1639 1639 E. Nicholas Let. 14 Mar. (P.R.O.: SP 16/292) f. 50 This new deputation to beare even date wth the said Mr. Harris his present deputation now in being. 1656 Comm. Discov. 8 We have by Our Letters of Privy Seal, bearing even date with these presents, given full Warrant. 1681 Indenture 10 Mar. Reciting an Indenture of even date therewith. 1751 Penny London Post 27 Feb. By Letters which have been received at Vienna of even Date with the above..it is assured that [etc.]. 1766 Ld. Kames Remarkable Decisions Court of Session 1730–52 162 Robert Tudhope delivered the L. 29 to Robert Taylor, and took his bill for it, of even date with the other bill. 1845 Fort Wayne (Indiana) People's Press 6 Dec. A certain promissory note..having even date with said mortgage. 1885 Weekly Notes 142/1 By deed of even date he covenanted to pay all calls in respect of the shares. 1899 Country Life Illustr. 14 Oct. 468/1 Ludwig succeeded to the Bavarian throne in 1864, and his speaking portrait of even date is that of a young man of quite extraordinary beauty. 1907 ‘M. Twain’ in N. Amer. Rev. 5 July 474 They had a pile of Mexican dollars on the table; twelve of them were of even date. 1927 Daily Express 5 July 8 (caption) Dear Mr. Chancellor, In reply to your Finance Bill of even date, I object to paying twice over. 1946 N.Y. Times 11 Feb. 34 c/1 As stated in the Form of Bid accompanying the Request for Bids, bearing even date herewith. 1984 C. Reid Music Monster i. xx. 71 Davison developed his theme with even keener edge in the Musical World of even date. 2006 Balance Sheet 20 May in Econ. & Polit. Weekly 21 Oct. 4453/2 As per our Report of even date. P10. a. to get even with: to contrive to be even or quits with; esp. to inflict trouble or harm on a person which is similar to that which he or she has inflicted on oneself; to take one's revenge upon or retaliate against a person or thing. Cf. to be even with at Phrases 6. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute (vengeance) [verb (transitive)] > take vengeance on > be revenged upon to be even witha1500 to have one's pennyworths out ofa1566 to be meet (also meets) with1584 to be with1597 to get even with1846 a1712 T. Halyburton Great Concern Salvation (1721) i. 99 Were not you vexed, thinking how to get even with them? 1784 J. Malchair Let. 6 July in C. Harrison John Malchair of Oxf. (1998) 17/2 Something must be done to gett even with the world, for..I find myself getting behind hand, for nobody pays now. 1818 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 14 May Let us..pay off our national debt, get even with the world, and be new in our practice as we are in theory. 1846 Madison (Wisconsin Territory) Express 20 Oct. [He] took advantage of a slight lull in the discussion to get even with his colleague from Dane, by treating his constituents in the gallery with a lengthened and elaborate discourse, showing how [etc.]. 1877 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 5 Nov. His looks told that he had got even with Ferry at last. The tables are turned. Ferry owes him ‘one’. 1910 Granta 11 June 9 I feel that I can never get quite even with him again. 1997 T. Petsinis French Mathematician (1998) xlii. 392 I am determined to get even with those who thwarted me. 2012 J. Robinson Trump Tower xxv. 157 He dumped me bad..and I got even with him by posting a few inappropriate photos of him on the Net. b. Originally U.S. to get even: to even the scores, cancel one's debts; to take revenge, retaliate, get one's own back. ΚΠ 1845 St. Louis (Missouri) Reveille 2 May You must not give it [sc. playing poker] up so..to-morrow you'll get even. 1855 Yankee-notions Dec. 355/2 You stocked [i.e. stacked] the cards on me, and to get even I had to stock the bullets on you. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xxv. 257 One should always ‘get even’ in some way, else the sore place will go on hurting. 1923 L. J. Vance Baroque 40 Crooks..blow the works to get even. 1987 J. M. Dillard Star Trek Bloodthirst 195 There was time to get even. And revenge is a dish best served cold. 2004 C. R. Forsberg Equal Rites Introd. 18 Teaming up with another blackballed applicant,..he no doubt hoped to get even. P11. Australian and New Zealand. on even terms: on the basis that work is done in exchange for board and lodging. Cf. au pair adv. Also even terms. Now disused. ΚΠ 1933 L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 23 Sept. 13/7 Cadet, a young man working on a station to learn sheep-farming..often worked ‘on even terms’ but is now usually paid a low wage. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 27 Even Terms, working for one's food. 1955 B. J. Cameron Coll. (typescript) in Dict. N.Z. Eng. (1997) 247 Even terms, working for food and keep merely. The expression has little application in these prosperous days. < as lemmas |
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