单词 | ten times |
释义 | > as lemmasten times c. Used vaguely or hyperbolically, esp. in ten times, tenfold, and the like. Cf. hundred n. and adj., thousand n. and adj.For hyperbolical use of ten thousand see thousand n. and adj. ΚΠ a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Baruch iv. 28 Ȝe..schulen seke hym ten sithis so myche. a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 203 Suppois thy heid war armit tymis ten. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 180 A iewell in a ten times bard vp chest. View more context for this quotation 1883 D. C. Murray Hearts II. 162 His easy cynicism made him ten times more believable than any moral profession could have done. < as lemmas |
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