| 单词 | the whole gamut |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe whole gamut 6. The full range or scope of something. Now frequently as the whole gamut. See also to run the gamut at Phrases. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [noun] > immaterial or incorporeal thing > scope or range of ampleness1509 reach1546 compass1555 zodiac1560 extent1593 range1599 verge1599 extension1604 latitude1605 extendure1610 point-blanka1616 comprisement1640 comprisurea1641 virge1640 tour1699 purview1751 gamut1753 sweep1781 diapason1851 carry1859 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty xii. 97 This shade [i.e. shading]..is the painter's gamut. 1756 World 6 May 1052 [The words]vastly, horridly, abominably, immensely or excessively, which, with three or four more.., make up the whole scale or gamut of modern female conversation. 1799 Anti-Jacobin Rev. 2 App. 568 But this is only ascending a half-note higher in the gamut of nonsense. 1806 Strictures Establishm. Colleges 44 [They] have learned the first note in the gamut of blind servile superstition, and there can be nothing too monstrous for them not to stretch their enslaved minds to afterwards. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. i. 34 The sounders of three-fourths of the notes in the whole gamut of Crime. 1883 Harper's Mag. May 822/2 The..stocks were running..up and down the gamut from $1 to $700 a share. 1926 Rotarian Sept. 27/1 One likes a book so compact in statement and so comprehensive of the whole gamut of management. 1956 D. E. Griffiths Human Relations School Admin. iii. 419 He covered the gamut: social promotion, discipline, competitive marking, progressive education, and college preparation. 2006 Saltscapes (Canada) Sept. 10/1 Shatford's by the Sea..now offers the gamut from casual lobster-sandwich takeout to fine dining. < as lemmas |
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