单词 | much will have more |
释义 | > as lemmasmuch will have more a. A great deal, a great quantity. Also (Proverb) much will have more.to make much of: see make v.1 12c, 29a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > (a) great quantity or amount felec825 muchc1230 good wone1297 plentyc1300 bushelc1374 sight1390 mickle-whata1393 forcea1400 manynessa1400 multitudea1400 packc1400 a good dealc1430 greata1450 sackful1484 power1489 horseloadc1500 mile1508 lump1523 a deal?1532 peckc1535 heapa1547 mass1566 mass1569 gallon1575 armful1579 cart-load1587 mickle1599 bushelful1600–12 a load1609 wreck1612 parisha1616 herd1618 fair share1650 heapa1661 muchness1674 reams1681 hantle1693 mort1694 doll?1719 lift1755 acre1759 beaucoup1760 ton1770 boxload1795 boatload1807 lot1811 dollop1819 swag1819 faggald1824 screed1826 Niagara1828 wad1828 lashings1829 butt1831 slew1839 ocean1840 any amount (of)1848 rake1851 slather1857 horde1860 torrent1864 sheaf1865 oodlesa1867 dead load1869 scad1869 stack1870 jorum1872 a heap sight1874 firlot1883 oodlings1886 chunka1889 whips1888 God's quantity1895 streetful1901 bag1917 fid1920 fleetful1923 mob1927 bucketload1930 pisspot1944 shitload1954 megaton1957 mob-o-ton1975 gazillion1978 buttload1988 shit ton1991 c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 207 Her nabbe ich þe nawt muches [a1250 Nero mucheles] to ȝelden. a1350 ( in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 16 Muche haþ scotlond forlore..Ant lutel pris wonne. c1390 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 525 Ȝif þou haue muchel, muche ȝiue also; Ȝif þou haue nouȝt, muche þou schalt ȝiue. a1400 in K. W. Engeroff Untersuchung ‘Usages of Winchester’ (1914) 64 To þe clerk a peny ȝif he selleþ meche by ȝere. ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 74 I wylle not say moche nor al. 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie iii I haue said much allredie concerning this choice. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke ii. 70 But the common Prouerb is in me verified, that much would haue more. 1615 W. Lawson Country Housewifes Garden (1626) 5 Much will haue more: and once poore, seldome or neuer rich. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 61 He misses not much. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) 89 He that doth much in a short life products his mortality. 1710 Tatler No. 241. ⁋1 He who drinks much is a Slave to himself. 1758 B. Franklin Poor Richard's Almanack 9 'Tis true there is much to be done. 1778 P. Cortland Let. 15 Nov. in J. Judd Corr. Van Cortlandt Family (1977) 275 It being too far advanced in the Season to attempt doing much in the Expidition way this Fall. 1814 Ld. Byron Lara i. xvii. 290 In him inexplicably appeared Much to be loved and hated, sought and feared. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 169 He bestowed much; yet he neither enjoyed the pleasure nor acquired the fame of beneficence. 1885 Times 25 May 10 Much is due to the prejudices of well-meaning but uncultured people. 1897 J. McCarthy Hist. Own Times V. 131 ‘Much will have more’, the old proverb says; but in this case..much is compelled for the sake of security to try to have more. 1908 Garden 30 May 263/3 Much has been done in the way of improving the Schizanthus. 1929 J. S. Fletcher Ransom for London (N.Y. ed.) i. iv. 167 Why should ten millions satisfy these people?.. There is an old adage to the effect that much wants more. 1955 Times 30 June 17/3 The grant-in-aid..has done much to encourage the realization of these various plans. 2001 Baptist Times 15 Mar. 10/6 It should be possible for a young person to..learn a great deal as well as contribute much. < as lemmas |
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