| 单词 | the matter of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe matter of a. a matter of: approximately, about; used to modify a numeral or other expression of quantity, indicating that it is not to be taken as literally exact. Also †the matter of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > approximately (an amount) [phrase] plus minus1611 or soa1616 a matter of1645 there or (and) thereaboutsa1696 the matter of1829 somewhere about1846 in the neighbourhood of1847 in the region of1865 of the order of1903 give or take1958 not unadjacent to1966 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iv. xxvi. 36 The French that came over with Her Majestie..are all casheer'd this week, about a matter of sixscore, wherof the Bishop of Mende was one. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 360 [He] lets him have a great deal of it for a matter of a shilling. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xi. 34 Accompanied with a matter of seven hundred men. 1701 G. Farquhar Sir Harry Wildair i. 10 In the matter of five Days he got six Nuns with Child, and left 'em to provide for their Heretick Bastards. ?1771 S. Johnson Let. (1994) V. 29 He has had as he phrased it a matter of four wives. 1829 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. 2nd Ser. I. iv. 97 Hither have I been riding a matter of thirteen miles. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. i. 60 Lackland..boarded once, for the matter of a fortnight, in St. Edmundsbury Convent. 1879 H. James Confidence II. xx. 16 It was probably a matter of a few seconds, but to Bernard it seemed a little eternity. a1902 S. Butler Way of All Flesh (1903) xxxix. 170 His favourite, Ellen, was being turned adrift with a matter of three pounds in her pocket. 1948 Brit. Birds 41 Suppl. 1 If it were possible to cover the whole area in a matter of a few days. 1991 D. Purcell Place of Stones (1992) i. 48 After we ditch there will be only a matter of a minute or two for us all to get out of the aircraft. < as lemmas |
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