单词 | much deal |
释义 | > as lemmasmuch deal 6. Connected with the notion of ‘amount’ or ‘extent’: a great deal, to a great extent or degree, greatly, very much; a good deal, to a considerable extent or degree, considerably; a vast deal, vastly; †much deal, etc. extracted from dealn.1 a. as verbal adjuncts. ΚΠ 1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 3 To lat down ane grete dele thair hie sailis. c1572 W. Forrest Theophilus 169 in Anglia (1884) 7 85 The iuste prayer much deale for to prevayle. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 200 I..bled..a great deal. 1845 T. Hood Last Man xxvii The beggar man grumbled a weary deal. 1887 G. A. Sala in Illustr. London News 19 Mar. I had travelled a good deal in earthquaking lands. b. as adjuncts of adjectives or adverbs in the comparative or superlative, or their equivalents. ΚΠ 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark x. f. lxv He cryed the moore a greate deale. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xiii. 713 Wilde Peares..do drie and stop a great deale more then the others. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 88 b The kitchin was a greate deale too little. 1692 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §160 To have them [letters] a pretty deal bigger than he should ordinarily write. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. vi. 28 You are a great deal too apt..to like people in general. View more context for this quotation 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood viii. 48 You take a great deal too much upon yourself. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 463 At a point a good deal lower than that at which they rose. much deal ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] a great dealc1000 much dealc1225 on highc1400 little1483 good and proper1508 not smally1548 a deal1756 in a big way1840 more than somewhat1930 the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adjective] > abundant, numerous so manyc888 thickc893 muchc1225 rifec1275 stourc1275 unridec1300 copiousc1384 plentya1400 rivedc1400 numerable?a1425 numerous?a1475 many a several1543 rank1545 numberous1566 huge1570 multuous1586 multeous1589 numberful1594 numberable1596 numbery1606 numbersomea1617 multitudinousa1631 sand-like1630 voluminous1650 several1712 smart1750 powerful1800 multitudinarious1810 multitudinary1838 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a great part or proportion much dealc1225 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adjective] > constituting main or major part mosteOE muchc1225 main1579 major1593 gross1692 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > for the most part for the more party1372 for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387 for the more partc1405 for (the) most partc1405 much dealc1425 in substancea1450 for the mostc1531 in (also for) the generality1580 for the general1581 in (also for, on, upon) the maina1591 largely1594 principally1600 in chiefa1616 mainly1640 nine times (parts, etc.) out of (also in, of) ten1648 greatly1742 as a rule1828 c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 24 (MED) An unsehen unwiht, muche deale blackre þen eauer eani blamon. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 14224 A-buten he bilæde muche del of londe. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) 3689 Ȝeo sal fare mid þee mid mochere [c1275 Calig. mochelere] ferde. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 7719 Monye heyemen of þe lond in prison he huld strong, So þat muchedel engelond þoȝte is lif to long. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 202 (MED) Þe..emperour..rod out..wiþ alle his menskful meyne, þat moche was & nobul. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 1 Esdras x. 13 For þe puple ys myche..it is not þe werc on oon dai or of two. c1425 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Harl.:Wright) l. 4920 + 32 He lay muchedel of þe nyȝt in wo & in sorwe. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) iv. xxvi. 72 What so euer the body hath done, he hath hit done by the, be it good or bad, and moch dele by thyn excitacion. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xxxvii Of other folys yet is a moche nomber. 1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student xxv. f. lxix Moche parte of the lawe is in suche speche that fewe men haue knowlege of it. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. vijv Muche parte of the common people were therewith right well satisfied. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Exod. i. 9 Behold the people of Israel is much, and stronger than we. < as lemmas |
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