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

Chiefly figurative.

transitive. To enlarge or complete by the addition of a piece; to eke out or extend with extra pieces.

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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] > by addition

to piece out1589

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1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xiv. 104 Ye may note..how much better some bissillable becommeth to peece out an other longer foote then another word doth.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xxix. 221 Like a cordiall given to a dying man, which doth piece out his life.

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §18 He..pieces out the defect of one by the excess of the other.

1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) v. 436 The motion of her lips, and meaning eye, Piece out the idea her faint words deny.

1779 T. Baillie Solemn Appeal to Public p. iii/2 The pannels of the wainscot were shrunk, and must be eked or pieced out in many places.

1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 18 Mar. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) iii. 135 The old Pons Æmilius..has only recently been pieced out by connecting a suspension-bridge with the old piers.

1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Aug. 174/1 Never mind, mother, I'll piece out the evening somehow, and it may be I shall have as pleasant a time as the rest of you.

1975 J. McPhee Survival of Bark Canoe 51 The sides of the canoe..have to be ‘pieced out’ with additional bark, which Henri now sews on with split roots.

1990 C. Holland Bear Flag (1992) xxix. 235 He sat at the table..trying to piece out what Sohrakoff had told him with what he himself had seen.

单词	to piece out
释义	> as lemmas to piece out to piece out Chiefly figurative. transitive. To enlarge or complete by the addition of a piece; to eke out or extend with extra pieces. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] > by addition to piece out1589 imp1592 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xiv. 104 Ye may note..how much better some bissillable becommeth to peece out an other longer foote then another word doth. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xxix. 221 Like a cordiall given to a dying man, which doth piece out his life. 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §18 He..pieces out the defect of one by the excess of the other. View more context for this quotation 1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) v. 436 The motion of her lips, and meaning eye, Piece out the idea her faint words deny. 1779 T. Baillie Solemn Appeal to Public p. iii/2 The pannels of the wainscot were shrunk, and must be eked or pieced out in many places. 1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 18 Mar. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) iii. 135 The old Pons Æmilius..has only recently been pieced out by connecting a suspension-bridge with the old piers. 1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Aug. 174/1 Never mind, mother, I'll piece out the evening somehow, and it may be I shall have as pleasant a time as the rest of you. 1975 J. McPhee Survival of Bark Canoe 51 The sides of the canoe..have to be ‘pieced out’ with additional bark, which Henri now sews on with split roots. 1990 C. Holland Bear Flag (1992) xxix. 235 He sat at the table..trying to piece out what Sohrakoff had told him with what he himself had seen. extracted from piecev. < as lemmas
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