单词 | well worth |
释义 | > as lemmaswell worth well worth: of full value.extracted from worthadj.well worth ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > in prosperous condition [phrase] > fortunately > wish for another's good fortune well worthc1275 winc1400 fair fall ——c1430 wally fall1568 more power to a person (also a person's elbow, arm)1831 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6528 Wel wurðe [c1300 Otho worþe] þe Vortiger þat þu ært icumen her. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) 155 Wel wurðe his migt lefful ay Ðe wroutis on ðe ferðe day! c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2127 Wel worth þe, wyȝe, þat woldeȝ my gode. a1425 Dialogue Reason & Adversity (Cambr.) (1968) 9 (MED) Wel worth þe wand þat makiþ wilde childer tame. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox & Wolf l. 648 in Poems (1981) 28 Weill worth the, father, that send me to the lair. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 242 ‘Weill worth the, sister’, said Considerance, ‘And I sall help for to mantene the dance.’ 1736 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. (1776) 74 Well worth a' good takens. 1870 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. (ed. 3) 313 Weel worth a' that gars the plough draw. Anglice, Good luck to everything by which we earn money. < as lemmas |
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