单词 | two the first |
释义 | > as lemmastwo the first b. With a superlative, either following ( the two best, eldest, first, last, next, etc.; †formerly sometimes two the first, etc.), or in later use preceding ( the first two, etc.): the latter is now more usual. Cf. first adj., adv., and n.2, last adj. 9a. So with former, latter. (Also absol., as in A. 2.) ΚΠ c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 52 Emme þe quene..of þe whilk was born Alfred & Edward, Hardknoute þe þrid, Þe tuo first of Eilred, of Knoute Hardknoute tid. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2162 Tvo þe bremest white beres þat euer burn on loked. c1471 J. Fortescue Wks. (1869) 459 Than nedith it, that the Kyngs Lyvelood..be gretter than the Lyvelood of two the grettest Lords in Englond. 1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 70 I haue..expounded two the furst. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xliiijv Which two last were not agreed vpon. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §249 [The echo] will..report you the whole three Words; And then the two latter Words..; and then the last Word alone. 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada Ep. Ded. The translation of the two first bookes of..Sir Phillip Sydney's Arcadia. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. iv. 205 In the 12th and 13th, or last two Columns of your Journal. 1688 J. Dryden Lines on Milton To make a third, she joined the former two. 1692 S. Patrick Answer to Touchstone xiv. 100 The two first of them. 1692 S. Patrick Answer to Touchstone xiv. 100 The two next. 1704 T. Hearne Duct. Hist. (1714) I. 134 He wrote the Life of Alexander in x Books, whereof the first two are lost. 1805 R. Southey Let. 15 Nov. in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) II. 353 The two best ships in the navy. 1829 J. Mill Anal. Human Mind (1869) II. 329 The association theory may account for the two last, but not for the former. < as lemmas |
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