| 单词 | of inches |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof inches P4. inches = stature; of inches, of (considerable) height, tall. of one's inches: in respect of one's height or stature. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > [noun] wastumOE staturec1380 pitch1575 status1577 one's lengtha1586 inchesa1616 standard1833 the world > life > the body > bodily height > [adverb] of one's inchesa1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. iii. 40 I would I had thy inches . View more context for this quotation 1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1730) I. 73 A notable fellow of his inches, and metal to the back. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 346 Beware of servants instilling the prodigious importance of master or miss beyond all others of their inches. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 265 Pedro was what we call a tall fellow of his inches. 1885 Graphic 28 Feb. 214/2 In order to make the most of her inches she had acquired the habit of holding her head thrown back. < as lemmas |
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