| 单词 | a smitch of a |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa smitch of a—— Originally Scottish (in later use chiefly U.S.). Chiefly with a and followed by of. A tiny amount of something; a little bit; a trace. Also (and earliest) in a smitch of a—— and variants: a very small (insignificant) example of a person or thing. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > small piece > very small piece pointc1300 smitc1330 tittlea1450 scraplet1519 jot1526 splinter1609 bitling1674 shredling1674 frustulum1700 rissom1808 smitch1822 fractionlet1830 scrapling1843 pick1866 parcel1873 scrappet1901 1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie II. xi. 108 I ken vera weel that ye dinna like to hae sic a wee smytch o' apartner as me. 1840 J. Ramsay Eglinton Park Meeting (ed. 2) 17 Every smitch o't was a kin' o' red. 1884 Advance (Chicago) 10 July A little smitch of an island. 1919 T. K. Holmes Man from Tall Timber xxviii. 351 There ain't scarcely a smitch of money left in the bank for you. 1942 Escanaba (Mich.) Daily Press 16 Sept. 5/6 A simple toque—really just a smitch of a cap with a full frou of soft loops all around. 1945 Chester (Pa.) Times 12 June 17/2 ‘Not even a teeny weeny smitch?’ asked Jangle. 2004 R. F. Capon Light Theol. & Heavy Cream xvi. 70 ‘Oh, goody, pâté. Lots of Cognac and garlic, I hope.’ ‘Not a smitch of either, as a matter of fact.’ < as lemmas |
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