| 单词 | to piece together |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto piece together to piece together Frequently figurative. transitive. To join together or make up (pieces) into a whole; to assemble from individual parts. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct workOE dighta1175 to set upc1275 graitha1300 formc1300 pitchc1330 compoundc1374 to put togethera1387 performc1395 bigc1400 elementc1400 complexion1413 erect1417 framea1450 edifya1464 compose1481 construe1490 to lay together1530 perstruct1547 to piece together1572 condite1578 conflate1583 compile1590 to put together1591 to set together1603 draw1604 build1605 fabric1623 complicate1624 composit1640 constitute1646 compaginate1648 upa1658 complex1659 construct1663 structurate1664 structure1664 confect1677 to put up1699 rig1754 effect1791 structuralize1913 1572 T. Paynell tr. A. de Gaule Treasurie v. 130 A bowe that is broken, & peeced together agayne. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. ix. 130 To peece many words together to make of them one entire, much more significatiue than the single word. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. 252 Himselfe..pieceth together no lesse an armie then the former mad-man. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 134 Cut out of the natural Rock..though it seem to be of five Stones pieced together one upon another. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. v. 73 The Professor showed me several Volumes in large Folio already collected, of broken Sentences, which he intended to piece together. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying These sheets may be pieced together with mouth-glew. 1865 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (new ed.) VIII. lxiii. 65 Our account of his exploits..must be..pieced imperfectly together. 1930 A. P. Herbert Water Gipsies xxiii. 342 Mr. Bryan looked up from his work and saw her piecing the jagged fragments of canvas together. 2002 New Scientist 13 Apr. 23/4 John..has pieced together a picture of a 1.9 billion-year-old supercontinent from the scars of rifts in ancient rocks. < as lemmas |
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