单词 | the best part of |
释义 | > as lemmasthe best part of 5. That is the largest or greatest; most. Chiefly in the best part of: almost all of, most of. Cf. better adj. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a great part or proportion > the greater part, the majority the more partOE the best part ofOE (the) more parta1350 (the) most parta1350 (the) most part alla1350 (the) most party1372 for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387 the better part ofa1393 the mo?a1400 most forcea1400 substancea1413 corsec1420 generalty?c1430 the greater partc1430 three quartersc1470 generalityc1485 the most feck1488 corpse1533 most1553 nine-tenths?1556 better half1566 generality?1570 pluralityc1570 body1574 the great body (of)1588 flush1592 three fourths1600 best1601 heap1609 gross1625 lump1709 bulk1711 majority1714 nineteen in twenty1730 balance1747 sweighta1800 heft1816 chief1841 the force1842 thick end1847 OE Homily: Sermo ad Populum Dominicis Diebus (Lamb. 489) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 297 Ungecyndelic fyr cymð færunga on eowre burga and on tunas and forbærnð þone betstan dæl, þe ge big sceoldon libban. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 3801 (MED) Ech noblemon vawe was mid him uor to wende, & þe beste party of france to him al so he drou. c1450 (?a1400) Duke Rowland & Sir Otuell (1880) l. 180 (MED) And any of ȝow duspers stirre þare, þe beste party schall dy. c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian l. 919 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 330 Þe best part of þaim ves slane. 1538 J. Husee Let. 10 Feb. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/11/49) f. 63 xx nobles, wherof I thincke he dothe own the best part ffor his rent. a1567 T. Becon Actes Christe & Antichriste (1577) sig. H.viiv Antichriste..tooke awaie, the beste portion of the Tithes from the true owners. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. x. 260 Fiery foam,..which cover'd the best part of it's natural Azure. 1712 Boston News-let. 25 Mar. 2/1 Capt. Hastings and his men..fought him the best part of an hour, before he routed them. 1742 J. Smith Let. 25 Mar. in T. Secker Corr. (1991) 72 I was oblig'd to be in Town the best Part of the Week abt. Business. 1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 265 I..rode the best part of the way. 1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile xii. 318 The best part of three days. 1909 Secret Service 9 Apr. 28/1 The best portion of the year gone, and we have done the best business of any year yet. 1972 J. Johnston Captains & Kings 8 It was the best part of a mile to the gates of Kill House and the two men were sweating by the time they arrived. 2004 R. Askwith Feet in Clouds xvii.146 He stayed at the top for the best part of a decade. < as lemmas |
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