英语词汇“to hold scale with”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. The pan, or each of the pans, of a balance. Also figurative. †to hold scale with: to balance, to equal in weight.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > a balance > scale of a balance

balance1388

weigh-scalea1400

basin1413

scalec1440

shell15..

scale-pan1830

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > balance

peisea1382

counterpoise1393

counterweighc1430

ballast1611

evena1618

equilibrate1625

balance1634

poise1639

to hold scale with1650

weigh1697

equipoisea1764

trim1817

to even up1863

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c1440 Alphabet of Tales 349 In þe to skale it weyed more þan all þat evur þai cuthe put in þe toder skale.

c1480 (a1400) St. Lawrence 739 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 423 Quhene we wald in skale put don his ewil consawit suspicione..& in-[to] þe tothyre skale his gud dedis ware al hale.

1483 Cath. Angl. 320/2 A Scale of a balan̄, lanx.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 132 Your vowes to her, and mee (put in two scales) Will euen weigh; and both as light as tales.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 327 If the ballance of our liues had not one scale of reason, to poise another of sensuality.

1650 I. Ambrose Ultima 192 This one sinne of refusing Christ may perhaps hold scale with the united horrours of all the rest whatsoever.

1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther ii. 67 Till when your weights will in the balance fail: A church unprincipl'd kicks up the scale.

1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 55. 355 [They] made their Court by throwing themselves into the Scale of unlimited Loyalty.

1770 E. Burke Thoughts Present Discontents 57 In a contest..where nothing can be put into their scale which is not taken from ours.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 192/1 They [sc. the soils] are..placed in opposite scales of a balance, and poised.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 28 While slowly falling as a scale that falls, When weight is added only grain by grain.

1860 L. V. Harcourt Diaries G. Rose I. 179 He..would, Brennus-like, have thrown his sword into the scale of liberty.

1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. v. 93 This time 'twas my scale quietly kissed the ground, Mere rank against mere wealth.

β. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 4 Whanne þis smal precyous ston was leyd in a scole, it was so heuy, þat nothing leyd in þe oþer scole, was it neuere so heuy, myȝte weyin it vp.1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 183 The skoles in a payre of balance.1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. xxvi. sig. O6 Iustice, which being the very soule and life of gouernment is oft time compelled to help the lightest scoale with her finger.1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bassin d'vne balance, the scowle of a balance.1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick i. iii. 16 Both the scoles being empty shall hang in æquilibrio.

单词	to hold scale with
释义	> as lemmas to hold scale with 2. The pan, or each of the pans, of a balance. Also figurative. †to hold scale with: to balance, to equal in weight. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > a balance > scale of a balance balance1388 weigh-scalea1400 basin1413 scalec1440 shell15.. scale-pan1830 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > balance peisea1382 counterpoise1393 counterweighc1430 ballast1611 evena1618 equilibrate1625 balance1634 poise1639 to hold scale with1650 weigh1697 equipoisea1764 trim1817 to even up1863 α. c1440 Alphabet of Tales 349 In þe to skale it weyed more þan all þat evur þai cuthe put in þe toder skale. c1480 (a1400) St. Lawrence 739 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 423 Quhene we wald in skale put don his ewil consawit suspicione..& in-[to] þe tothyre skale his gud dedis ware al hale. 1483 Cath. Angl. 320/2 A Scale of a balan̄, lanx. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 132 Your vowes to her, and mee (put in two scales) Will euen weigh; and both as light as tales. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 327 If the ballance of our liues had not one scale of reason, to poise another of sensuality. View more context for this quotation 1650 I. Ambrose Ultima 192 This one sinne of refusing Christ may perhaps hold scale with the united horrours of all the rest whatsoever. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther ii. 67 Till when your weights will in the balance fail: A church unprincipl'd kicks up the scale. 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 55. 355 [They] made their Court by throwing themselves into the Scale of unlimited Loyalty. 1770 E. Burke Thoughts Present Discontents 57 In a contest..where nothing can be put into their scale which is not taken from ours. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 192/1 They [sc. the soils] are..placed in opposite scales of a balance, and poised. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 28 While slowly falling as a scale that falls, When weight is added only grain by grain. 1860 L. V. Harcourt Diaries G. Rose I. 179 He..would, Brennus-like, have thrown his sword into the scale of liberty. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. v. 93 This time 'twas my scale quietly kissed the ground, Mere rank against mere wealth. β. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 4 Whanne þis smal precyous ston was leyd in a scole, it was so heuy, þat nothing leyd in þe oþer scole, was it neuere so heuy, myȝte weyin it vp.1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 183 The skoles in a payre of balance.1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. xxvi. sig. O6 Iustice, which being the very soule and life of gouernment is oft time compelled to help the lightest scoale with her finger.1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bassin d'vne balance, the scowle of a balance.1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick i. iii. 16 Both the scoles being empty shall hang in æquilibrio. extracted from scalen.¹ < as lemmas
随便看	unmendably unmended unmenged unmenseful unmensk unmensurable unmental unmentionability unmentionable unmentionableness unmentionablenesses unmentionables unmentionably unmentioned unmenyied unmercantile unmercenariness unmercenary unmerchantable unmerchantlike unmerciable unmercied unmerciful unmerciful parliament unmercifulhead

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