英语词汇“to be at a word”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†(ii) In short, briefly; = in a word at Phrases 1e(a); (in later use more usually) frankly, truthfully. Similarly at few words, at short words, etc. to be at a (also one) word: to be brief; to be honest, to speak plainly; = as good as one's word at good adj., n., adv., and int. Phrases 4e; (also) to stand by what one has said, to have nothing further to say Obsolete (chiefly archaic and regional in later use).

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > be concise or brief [verb (intransitive)]

to be at a (also one) wordOE

to make short1556

to be brief1588

abbreviate1596

to cut short1691

to cut (also make) a long story short1732

to make short of long1883

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] > in short

at a (also one) wordOE

at few wordsOE

shortly1303

in short wordsc1380

oncec1384

in short and plainc1386

in sum?a1425

at short wordsa1450

at short1513

briefly?1521

in a word1522

in one word1522

with a word1522

summa1535

to be short1544

in (the) fine1545

in few1550

summarily1567

in a sum1574

in shorta1577

in brief1609

briefa1616

in a little1623

tout court1747

sans phrase1808

in a nutshell1822

in nuce1854

OE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Corpus Oxf.) iii. xiv. 206 Swa swa ic nu æt feawum wordum secge, be þon þe þa sædon þe hine cuþon.

c1330 Gregorius (Auch.) (1914) l. 962 A Cardinal spac þer among, And seyd schortliche att wordes þre.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales (Hengwrt) (2003) Thopas-Melibeus link l. 11 Pleynly at o word Thy drasty rymyng is nat worth a tord.

a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) l. 2813 in K. Brunner Mittelengl. Vers-roman über Richard Löwenherz (1913) 235 The Sarezynes..comen afftyr ffaste fflyngyng, At schorte wurdes a gret route.

a1475 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Harl.) (1927) l. 1808a Alisaunder dyed, at worddis short.

1483 Vulgaria abs Terencio (T. Rood & T. Hunte) sig. nij^v Tell me att oon word [L. vno verbo] what thou woldist wyth me.

1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 205 All goodnesse (to speake at a worde) goeth awaie.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxxj ^v He wrote to themperour..repeting the whole action at few words.

1579 A. Fleming tr. Synesius Paradoxe sig. d.iij To be at a worde, such as so deintilie doe dresse their crisped skonse: what are they but effeminate fellowes..and hucksters of their owne honestie.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 104 Vrsula I know you well enough, you are signior Anthonio. Antho. At a word I am not.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 294 Go to, I haue spoke at a word, God keep you.

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 104 At a word, all [names] which in English had Of set before them,..and all which in Latine..have had De præfixed,..were borrowed from places.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iii. 14 I am at a word: follow.

1694 W. Penn Brief Acct. Rise Quakers ii. 45 They were at a Word in Dealing: Nor could their customers many Words tempt them from it.

1780 S. J. Pratt Emma Corbett I. i. 1 To be at a word, will you render it possible for me to call you my son?

a1845 Lady Nairne Caller Herrin' in Lays from Strathearn (1846) i. 6 At ae word be in ye're dealin'.

1846 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 31 Jan. 74/2 To be at a word with you, doctor, we must either tear open or tear down your house, or get him; for get him we will!

1857 T. Martin tr. A. G. Oehlenschläger Aladdin ii. 50 I've no skill in chaffering... Say, at a word, how much you'll let me have, And I will trust you for your honest looks.

单词	to be at a word
释义	> as lemmas to be at a (also one) word †(ii) In short, briefly; = in a word at Phrases 1e(a); (in later use more usually) frankly, truthfully. Similarly at few words, at short words, etc. to be at a (also one) word: to be brief; to be honest, to speak plainly; = as good as one's word at good adj., n., adv., and int. Phrases 4e; (also) to stand by what one has said, to have nothing further to say Obsolete (chiefly archaic and regional in later use). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > be concise or brief [verb (intransitive)] to be at a (also one) wordOE to make short1556 to be brief1588 abbreviate1596 to cut short1691 to cut (also make) a long story short1732 to make short of long1883 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] > in short at a (also one) wordOE at few wordsOE shortly1303 in short wordsc1380 oncec1384 in short and plainc1386 in sum?a1425 at short wordsa1450 at short1513 briefly?1521 in a word1522 in one word1522 with a word1522 summa1535 to be short1544 in (the) fine1545 in few1550 summarily1567 in a sum1574 in shorta1577 in brief1609 briefa1616 in a little1623 tout court1747 sans phrase1808 in a nutshell1822 in nuce1854 OE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Corpus Oxf.) iii. xiv. 206 Swa swa ic nu æt feawum wordum secge, be þon þe þa sædon þe hine cuþon. c1330 Gregorius (Auch.) (1914) l. 962 A Cardinal spac þer among, And seyd schortliche att wordes þre. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales (Hengwrt) (2003) Thopas-Melibeus link l. 11 Pleynly at o word Thy drasty rymyng is nat worth a tord. a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) l. 2813 in K. Brunner Mittelengl. Vers-roman über Richard Löwenherz (1913) 235 The Sarezynes..comen afftyr ffaste fflyngyng, At schorte wurdes a gret route. a1475 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Harl.) (1927) l. 1808a Alisaunder dyed, at worddis short. 1483 Vulgaria abs Terencio (T. Rood & T. Hunte) sig. nij^v Tell me att oon word [L. vno verbo] what thou woldist wyth me. 1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 205 All goodnesse (to speake at a worde) goeth awaie. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxxj ^v He wrote to themperour..repeting the whole action at few words. 1579 A. Fleming tr. Synesius Paradoxe sig. d.iij To be at a worde, such as so deintilie doe dresse their crisped skonse: what are they but effeminate fellowes..and hucksters of their owne honestie. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 104 Vrsula I know you well enough, you are signior Anthonio. Antho. At a word I am not. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 294 Go to, I haue spoke at a word, God keep you. View more context for this quotation 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 104 At a word, all [names] which in English had Of set before them,..and all which in Latine..have had De præfixed,..were borrowed from places. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iii. 14 I am at a word: follow. View more context for this quotation 1694 W. Penn Brief Acct. Rise Quakers ii. 45 They were at a Word in Dealing: Nor could their customers many Words tempt them from it. 1780 S. J. Pratt Emma Corbett I. i. 1 To be at a word, will you render it possible for me to call you my son? a1845 Lady Nairne Caller Herrin' in Lays from Strathearn (1846) i. 6 At ae word be in ye're dealin'. 1846 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 31 Jan. 74/2 To be at a word with you, doctor, we must either tear open or tear down your house, or get him; for get him we will! 1857 T. Martin tr. A. G. Oehlenschläger Aladdin ii. 50 I've no skill in chaffering... Say, at a word, how much you'll let me have, And I will trust you for your honest looks. extracted from wordn.int. < as lemmas
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