英语词汇“of the first water”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

e. of the first (also finest, best, etc.) water.

(a) Of a diamond or other precious stone: of the highest quality as regards transparency and lustre (see sense 28). [Compare Middle French de bonne eaue (late 14th cent.), French de la permière eau (1679 or earlier).]

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1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. lxxxvi. 133/1 The best Rubies that are of the best colour, and water [die de beste coluer en wateren hebben] are in India called Tockes, which are like Carbunckles.

1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 406 How can a lump of Earth pretend to compare with a Diamond of the clearest water [Fr. de la premiere eau]?

1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 10 Mar. (1965) I. 381 A vest..of purple Cloth strait to her shape and thick set, on each side..with pearls of the best water.

1798 Monthly Rev. 26 App. 533 Look at this diamond..it is handsome, it is of the purest water.

1814 B. Heyne Tracts on India iii. 107 For a carat containing five or six diamonds of the finest water, they ask seven rupees.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 13 He..wore a brilliant of the first water on the fourth finger of his left hand.

1911 F. Crewe-Jones tr. A. Boissière Man without Face i. ix. 96 He..gazed for a moment at his ring, an enormous diamond of the finest water.

1959 Country Life 15 Jan. 112/2 The stones form a suite of necklace and bracelet, all of the purest water and of exceptional fire and brilliance.

2004 J. Emsley Vanity, Vitality, & Virility (2006) iii. 105 It was a near flawless crystal or, in the language of the diamond trade, a diamond of the first water.

(b) figurative. Of the highest excellence or purity; unsurpassed of its (or his or her) class; (in later use often with reference to something bad) out-and-out, unmitigated, thoroughgoing.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > utter

to the hard ——c1400

as or so very a1560

a fool (also man, etc.) in print1600

of the first (also finest, best, etc.) water1824

dyed in the wool1830

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] > very excellent or first-rate

gildenc1225

prime1402

rare1483

grand1542

holy1599

pre-excelling1600

paregal1602

classic1604

of (the) first rate1650

solary1651

first rate1674

superb1720

tip-top1722

tip-top-gallant1730

swell1819

topping1822

of the first (also finest, best, etc.) water1826

No. 11829

brag1836

A11837

A No. 11838

number one1839

awful1843

bully1851

first class1852

class1867

champion1880

too1881

tipping1887

alpha plus1898

bonzer1898

grade A1911

gold star1917

world-ranking1921

five-star1936

too much1937

first line1938

vintage1939

supercolossal1947

top1953

alpha1958

fantabulous1959

beauty1963

supercool1965

world-class1967

primo1973

1747 T. Smollett Reproof 8 A wit of the first water, celebrated for her talent of repartee and double entendre.

1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 587 Ascham is a thorough-bred philologist, and of the purest water.

1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 168 He was certain her family were by no means of ‘the first water’.

1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 6 Dec. (1939) 287 He was a..swindler of the first water.

1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) xvi. 360 Cousin William..had a heart of the finest water.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxix. 201 Gassendi himself, who is justly represented by Mr. Stewart as a Sensationalist of the purest water.

1869 Eng. Mech. 17 Dec. 329/3 All this may seem like paradoxism of the first water.

1883 T. Watts in 19th Cent. Mar. 422 His wit, though not abundant and not of ‘the rarest water’ was quite unique.

1905 W. B. Boulton Life Gainsborough 194 He..assumed the airs of a beau and ladykiller of the first water.

1954 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves & Feudal Spirit (1962) i. 7 They were creeps of the first water.

2006 Private Eye 7 July 8/2 Bumbling, amiable Carruthers, a cliché spouter of the first water.

单词	of the first water
释义	> as lemmas of the first (also finest, best, etc.) water e. of the first (also finest, best, etc.) water. (a) Of a diamond or other precious stone: of the highest quality as regards transparency and lustre (see sense 28). [Compare Middle French de bonne eaue (late 14th cent.), French de la permière eau (1679 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. lxxxvi. 133/1 The best Rubies that are of the best colour, and water [die de beste coluer en wateren hebben] are in India called Tockes, which are like Carbunckles. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 406 How can a lump of Earth pretend to compare with a Diamond of the clearest water [Fr. de la premiere eau]? 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 10 Mar. (1965) I. 381 A vest..of purple Cloth strait to her shape and thick set, on each side..with pearls of the best water. 1798 Monthly Rev. 26 App. 533 Look at this diamond..it is handsome, it is of the purest water. 1814 B. Heyne Tracts on India iii. 107 For a carat containing five or six diamonds of the finest water, they ask seven rupees. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 13 He..wore a brilliant of the first water on the fourth finger of his left hand. 1911 F. Crewe-Jones tr. A. Boissière Man without Face i. ix. 96 He..gazed for a moment at his ring, an enormous diamond of the finest water. 1959 Country Life 15 Jan. 112/2 The stones form a suite of necklace and bracelet, all of the purest water and of exceptional fire and brilliance. 2004 J. Emsley Vanity, Vitality, & Virility (2006) iii. 105 It was a near flawless crystal or, in the language of the diamond trade, a diamond of the first water. (b) figurative. Of the highest excellence or purity; unsurpassed of its (or his or her) class; (in later use often with reference to something bad) out-and-out, unmitigated, thoroughgoing. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > utter to the hard ——c1400 as or so very a1560 a fool (also man, etc.) in print1600 of the first (also finest, best, etc.) water1824 dyed in the wool1830 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] > very excellent or first-rate gildenc1225 prime1402 rare1483 grand1542 holy1599 pre-excelling1600 paregal1602 classic1604 of (the) first rate1650 solary1651 first rate1674 superb1720 tip-top1722 tip-top-gallant1730 swell1819 topping1822 of the first (also finest, best, etc.) water1826 No. 11829 brag1836 A11837 A No. 11838 number one1839 awful1843 bully1851 first class1852 class1867 champion1880 too1881 tipping1887 alpha plus1898 bonzer1898 grade A1911 gold star1917 world-ranking1921 five-star1936 too much1937 first line1938 vintage1939 supercolossal1947 top1953 alpha1958 fantabulous1959 beauty1963 supercool1965 world-class1967 primo1973 1747 T. Smollett Reproof 8 A wit of the first water, celebrated for her talent of repartee and double entendre. 1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 587 Ascham is a thorough-bred philologist, and of the purest water. 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 168 He was certain her family were by no means of ‘the first water’. 1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 6 Dec. (1939) 287 He was a..swindler of the first water. 1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) xvi. 360 Cousin William..had a heart of the finest water. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxix. 201 Gassendi himself, who is justly represented by Mr. Stewart as a Sensationalist of the purest water. 1869 Eng. Mech. 17 Dec. 329/3 All this may seem like paradoxism of the first water. 1883 T. Watts in 19th Cent. Mar. 422 His wit, though not abundant and not of ‘the rarest water’ was quite unique. 1905 W. B. Boulton Life Gainsborough 194 He..assumed the airs of a beau and ladykiller of the first water. 1954 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves & Feudal Spirit (1962) i. 7 They were creeps of the first water. 2006 Private Eye 7 July 8/2 Bumbling, amiable Carruthers, a cliché spouter of the first water. extracted from watern. < as lemmas
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