| 单词 | well in the world |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswell in the world a. In a state of prosperity or affluence, well off. Frequently in well in goods (also cash), well in the world. Now rare except in well-to-do adj., well off adv. 3. See also well to live adj., well to pass adj. and n. to leave (a person) well: to leave (a person) well off by inheritance or provision in a will. Similarly to be well left. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] richeOE eadyOE richfulc1300 plenteousc1350 wealthyc1380 wealthfula1400 wlouȝa1400 wellc1405 biga1425 goldedc1450 substantious1490 able1516 opulent?1518 substantive1543 strong1581 fat1611 juicy1627 fortuned1632 affluent1652 rhinocerical1688 rough1721 rowthy1792 golden1797 strong-handed1817 well-to-do1831 wealth-encumbered1844 nabobish1857 rhinoceral1860 ingoted1864 tinny1871 pocket-filled1886 oofy1896 nawabi1955 brewstered2001 the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > well-off wellc1405 sufficient1436 full?1483 suffisant1484 beina1525 warmc1571 well-breeched1571 meaned1605 well-meaned1605 well-lined1611 substanced?1614 well-circumstanced1643 forehanded1658 uppish1678 easy1701 brownstone1780 forehand1784 solid1788 well-to-do1794 snug1801 strong farmer1802 well-fixed1822 unindigent1830 well off1842 fixed1844 comfortably offc1850 heeled1871 well-heeled1871 well in1888 independent1893 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 68 Thanked be Fortune and hir false wheel That noon estaat assureth to been weel. c1500 ( G. Ashby Prisoner's Refl. l. 78 in Poems (1899) 3 Whiche greuyd me sore..To be in pouert and of goodes bad, That before was well in goodes and rest. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 898 It is true that his father died, leauing him seuen yeare olde, and left him reasonable wel. 1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London v. sig. E4 Richmens sonnes that were left well, and had more money giuen by will, then they had wit how to bestow it. 1682 in Notes & Queries (1921) 12th Ser. 9 436/2 He has left euery body that is related to him good Legaseys and his wife extreame well. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 130 in Trav. Persia A Family that is not very well in the World. 1746 Fool (1748) I. 189 Vanesius was well in Cash. 1780 Mirror No. 97 He imperceptibly became, ‘in easy circumstances, well in the world, of great credit, [etc.]’. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. vii. 251 He must be very well in the world. 1835 D. Mackillar Treat. Politeness, Good-breeding, & Manners 97 Two boys..the one high-born as to rank, and..the other well in the world as to riches. 1875 J. Grant One of Six Hundred ii. 21 Cora shall be well and handsomely left. 1898 ‘M. Twain’ Let. 17–20 Mar. in Corr. with H. H. Rogers (1969) 328 I couldn't beat him down any from his price—$1,500,000; he is well in cash, now, and knows the value of the invention nearly as well as I do. < as lemmas |
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