| 单词 | these seven years |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthese seven years d. Used to denote a large number, quantity, or amount of something. In early use also in †this seven year (also †these seven years): for a long time (obsolete).With quot. a1500 cf. sevenfold adv. 1.See also sevenfold adj. 2, sevensithe adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adjective] > used for large number sevenOE fortya1616 any1758 steen1886 steenth1895 zillion1901 umpty1916 umptieth1917 umpteen1918 umpteenth1918 bazillion1939 scrillion1945 OE Homily: Sunnandæges Spell (Corpus Cambr. 419) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 214 Þeah ðe seofan men sittan..and þara æghwylc hæfde seofon heafda, and þara heafda gehwylc seofon tungan.., ne magon heo [altered to hi] ariman ealle þa wita. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. ix. l. 66 I haue suwed þe þis seuen ȝer. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 315 Men sey that he hath seven mennes strength. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) ii. 19 I sal strik ȝou vitht ane plag, seuyn tymes mair vehement. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 578 There shall not, at your Fathers House, these seuen yeeres Be borne another such. View more context for this quotation 1756 Prater 4 Sept. 156 I have been trying and trying these seven years, ever since I was out of my Robe-coat, to fix a man. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xiii And gold seven times tried he was, when God..took him home at last. 2011 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 31 July 62 The record company made me have my eyebrows plucked, like, seven times a day. I didn't even have bushy eyebrows! < as lemmas |
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