单词 | never so |
释义 | > as lemmasnever so a. never so: (with an adjective or adverb) as —— as could be. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > in or to the greatest degree never solOE with (also mid) the mostc1275 for the masteryc1325 to the bestc1390 to the uttermostc1400 at the hardest1429 to the utmostc1450 to the skies (also sky)1559 at float1594 all to nothing1606 to the height1609 to the proofa1625 to the last degree1639 to the welkin?1746 (the) worst kind1839 for all it's worth1864 as —— as they make them?a1880 in the highest1897 to the nth (degree, power)1897 up to eleven1987 lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1086 Nan man ne dorste slean oðerne man, næfde he næfre swa mycel yfel gedon wið þone oðerne. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 7 (MED) Ne swincke þu nefre swa muchel, a hit bið undon. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 345 Ne bo þe song neuer [a1300 Jesus Oxf. ne] so murie [etc.]. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 80 Were he neure knicth so strong [etc.]. c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 510 (MED) Be he neuer so riche of fe, He flemeþ him out of lond. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 2458 (MED) No seg..no schuld hom winne hiȝed þei neuer so hard. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 151 A man may noȝt here anoþer, crie he neuer so hie. c1475 (a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 321 Betere..þen preyere of any ordre.., blabere þei neuere so meche wiþ lippis. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. aivv Though thow pike the flesh neuer so clene, yet thow shalte fynde thredes ther in. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xcix. 1 He sytteth upon the Cherubins, be the earth neuer so vnquiete. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. 243 He neuer once changed his countenance.., though the sight were neuer so full of ruth. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. sig. ⁋4 Sufficient for a whole host, be it neuer so great. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. Scotl. (1655) 36 To discover to the world..how men never so well qualified, small in means, and silly of power, were not for great places. 1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) i. 2 Though the Trees grow never so irregularly. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 120. ¶15 When the Birth appears of never so different a Bird, [the Hen] will cherish it for her own. 1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. I. ix. 342 Some vigorous effort, though it carried never so much danger, ought to be made. 1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xlii. 488 [They] worked..to make the door secure; but though they worked never so hard, it was all in vain. 1897 B. Stoker Dracula xxiv. 328 To sail a ship takes time, go she never so quick. 1908 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Apr. 3/2 The golden-rayed lily, be it never so gorgeous. 1922 E. R. Eddison Worm Ouroboros xxvii. 352 Fate will not be cheated, cog we never so wisely. 1983 T. Pratchett Colour of Magic 30 There are certain spells that can prevent the life departing from a body, be it never so abused. < as lemmas |
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