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

(d) to say better (also better to say): introducing a more exact or appropriate description or form of words.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > more truly or correctly

rather1340

rather1460

better1526

to say better1536

rectius1575

ratherly1780

1536 R. Morison Remedy for Sedition sig. A.ii In tyme of sedition, lawes lese their voyces, or to say better, in suche ragious outcries of souldiours..men waxe thicke of herynge.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xv. 130 The auncient towne of the Sun called Heliopolis, or to say better, Solos or Soloe.

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxii. 79 Mounted on horses, or to say better, on lean carrion Tits that were nothing but skin and bone.

1666 J. Davies tr. E. d'Aranda Hist. Algiers 15 I lay in their Chamber, or to say better, Kennel.

1759 S. Johnson in C. Lennox tr. P. Brumoy Greek Theatre III. 128 In a city so free, or to say better [Fr. disons mieux], as licentious as Athens was at that time.

1787 P. H. Maty tr. J. K. Riesbeck Trav. Germany II. xxxv. 91 Russia bore all the expence of the Turkish, or to say better, Polish war.

1828 C. Swan tr. A. Manzoni Betrothed Lovers II. viii. 230 Every thing arranges itself, or to say better, nothing is spoiled.

1894 Book News July 431/2 The imaginary conversations of William Dean Howells with himself, or to say better, between the several conflicting elements in Mr. Howells's character,..have here been collected in a substantial volume.

1962 Lovington (New Mexico) Daily Leader 2 Oct. 3/2 The Thoroughbred, it seems, had a hand, or better to say a hoof, in one of America's more romantic bits of folk lore.

2013 G. Galluzzo Medieval Reception Bk. Zeta Aristotle's ‘Metaphysics’ I. iii. 285 For him [sc. Thomas Aquinas] the aliquid of natural generation is a composite of matter and form, or to say better, one of the species a composite of matter and form belongs to.

单词	to say better
释义	> as lemmas to say better (d) to say better (also better to say): introducing a more exact or appropriate description or form of words. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > more truly or correctly rather1340 rather1460 better1526 to say better1536 rectius1575 ratherly1780 1536 R. Morison Remedy for Sedition sig. A.ii In tyme of sedition, lawes lese their voyces, or to say better, in suche ragious outcries of souldiours..men waxe thicke of herynge. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xv. 130 The auncient towne of the Sun called Heliopolis, or to say better, Solos or Soloe. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxii. 79 Mounted on horses, or to say better, on lean carrion Tits that were nothing but skin and bone. 1666 J. Davies tr. E. d'Aranda Hist. Algiers 15 I lay in their Chamber, or to say better, Kennel. 1759 S. Johnson in C. Lennox tr. P. Brumoy Greek Theatre III. 128 In a city so free, or to say better [Fr. disons mieux], as licentious as Athens was at that time. 1787 P. H. Maty tr. J. K. Riesbeck Trav. Germany II. xxxv. 91 Russia bore all the expence of the Turkish, or to say better, Polish war. 1828 C. Swan tr. A. Manzoni Betrothed Lovers II. viii. 230 Every thing arranges itself, or to say better, nothing is spoiled. 1894 Book News July 431/2 The imaginary conversations of William Dean Howells with himself, or to say better, between the several conflicting elements in Mr. Howells's character,..have here been collected in a substantial volume. 1962 Lovington (New Mexico) Daily Leader 2 Oct. 3/2 The Thoroughbred, it seems, had a hand, or better to say a hoof, in one of America's more romantic bits of folk lore. 2013 G. Galluzzo Medieval Reception Bk. Zeta Aristotle's ‘Metaphysics’ I. iii. 285 For him [sc. Thomas Aquinas] the aliquid of natural generation is a composite of matter and form, or to say better, one of the species a composite of matter and form belongs to. extracted from sayv.¹int. < as lemmas
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