单词 | more above |
释义 | > as lemmasmore above a. As a sentence adverb: furthermore, in addition. Formerly frequently in nay more (now archaic), and more (rare in later use). Formerly also †more above. Cf. mairatour adv., moreover adv. ΚΠ ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 230 Ȝet Mare his children sone se he sunegede deadliche deiden alle clone. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 2446 (MED) And more yit, Of Chapmanhode he fond the weie. 1466 in F. B. Bickley Little Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 235 (MED) Item more, ij hygh Awter clothes..and more, a Massebooke..and more, and hoole Awbe, [etc.]. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 85 Mair, it had bene goode for the commone weill of Scottland that [etc.]. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 127 This in obedience hath my daughter showne me, And more about hath his solicitings..All giuen to mine eare. 1605 in M. Cash Devon Inventories 16th & 17th Cent. (1966) 20 A peare of silver Crookes..more two Chestes... More a peare of water barrells. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iv. 177 We are betroathd: nay more, our mariage howre..Determin'd of. View more context for this quotation 1683 T. Creech tr. Lucretius De Natura Rerum (ed. 2) ii. 43 But more, tis nothing strange that every Mass Seems quiet and at rest. 1734 M. Barber Poems 39 Was early learn'd, nay more, was early wise. 1762 T. Bridges Homer Travestie I. iv. 189 She guides his weapon where she list; Nay more, a touch of her soft hand, If fallen down, will make him stand. 1816 J. Keats Epist. to C. C. Clarke 57 Miltonian storms, and more, Miltonian tenderness. 1870 G. W. Dasent Ann. Eventful Life (ed. 4) II. 15 He was industrious, and more, he was handsome. 1905 A. R. Whitham Watchers by Cross ii. 15 Tradition..tells us that she was wealthy, influential and beautiful, and yet before her conversion living a life of worldliness,—more, a life of deadly sin. 1997 Chicago Tribune 17 Aug. vii. 10/4 More, too often, both Strauss and librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal seem to be coasting on automatic pilot. < as lemmas |
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