| 单词 | within ames-ace of |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswithin (an) ames-ace of 2. The slightest margin or degree. Chiefly in within (an) ames-ace of: on the very verge of, ‘within an inch of’; cf. within an ace of at ace n.1 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly nigheOE well-nigheOE forneanc1000 well-nearc1175 almostc1261 nighwhatc1300 nearhandc1350 nigh handa1375 nigh handsa1375 as good asc1390 into (right) littlea1413 unto litea1420 nigh byc1430 nearbyc1485 near handsa1500 as near as1517 mosta1538 next door1542 wellmost1548 all but1590 anewst1590 uneath1590 next to1611 nearlya1616 thereaboutsa1616 welly1615 thereabout1664 within (an) ames-ace ofa1670 anear1675 pretty much1682 three parts1711 newsta1728 only not1779 partly1781 in all but name1824 just about1836 nentes1854 near1855 nar1859 just1860 not-quite1870 nearabouta1878 effectively1884 nigh on1887 a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 211 And the Dye of War run so false, that he lost the Cast to one, who had not the Ames-Ace of Valour in him. 1679 Tryall R. Langhorn 18 His Wife was but aumes ace turned from a Devil. 1698 J. Vanbrugh Æsop v. i Reduced within ambs-ace of hanging or drowning. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. ⁋158 His Lordship was within Ams-ace of being put in the Plot. 1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent 59 Within aims-ace [ed. 2 ames-ace] of getting quit..of all his enemies. 1905 J. Barlow By Beach & Bog-land 97 Pat Mulrane..had come..‘widin an ames ace of losin' his life over it’. 1994 K. Michaels Masquerade in Moonlight (e-book ed.) I'm finally within Ames Ace of getting myself bracketed to a most healthy fortune. Miss Georgianna Rollins. Lovely diamonds. < as lemmas |
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