| 单词 | there or thereabouts |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthere or (†and) thereabouts 14. there or (†and) thereabouts: primarily in the literal local sense; hence also = that or very nearly that (amount); something like that; approximately. See also thereabouts adv. 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 the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] > in the vicinity in the vicinity (of)1796 there or (and) thereabouts1890 the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > there > thereabouts thereabouta925 thereaboutsc1400 thereaway1551 thereaways1575 thereaway-abouts1839 there or (and) thereabouts1890 a1696 J. Aubrey Brief Lives (1898) II. 226 (Shakspere) He left 2 or 300li. per annum there and thereabout to a sister. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose v, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 102 ‘Speak plainly, will there be five thousand men?’ ‘There and thereabouts,’ answered Dalgetty. 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. II. 248 A close, or field, containing eight acres, there or thereabouts. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 431 You'll mostly find him there or thereabouts, as long as he's alive. 1890 Bp. Lightfoot in Expositor Feb. 91 Forty-six years there or thereabouts had actually elapsed. < as lemmas |
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