单词 | not a bit |
释义 | > as lemmasnot a bit 5. colloq. A very small measure or degree, a jot, a whit; used adv. in the expressions a bit: a little, somewhat, rather; not a bit: not in the least, not at all; every bit: entirely, quite; a bit much: a little too much (to have to endure); something excessive or very annoying. ΚΠ 1675 C. Cotton Poet. Wks. (1765) I had not wrong'd the Gods a bit. 1719 in T. Gordon Cordial Low-spirits (1750) 174 An Aspect every Bit as terrible. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. vi. 353 He loves her not a bit the worse. View more context for this quotation 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss II. v. ii. 231 You should ha' sent me to school a bit more. 1861 G. Trevelyan Horace at Athens vi. 54 He..can sing a lively song, and write a bit. 1866 Trollope Belton Estate I. iii. 58 The old tower out there. It isn't changed a bit! 1885 Illustr. London News 14 Feb. 184/1, I am a little bit afraid of him. 1939 ‘N. Blake’ Smiler with Knife iv. 70 This is a bit much, isn't it, darling?.. I don't approve of baby-snatching. 1954 I. Murdoch Under Net xviii. 248 This is a bit much!.. I was asleep. < as lemmas |
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