| 单词 | by small and small |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby small and small ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [phrase] > gradually or in stages footmealeOE (a, by) lite and litec1290 a little and a littlea1375 little and littlea1387 (by) some and some1398 by little and by littlea1425 little by little?a1425 littly?a1425 inchmeal1530 by small and small1558 by (a) little1577 gradatim1583 by lithe and lithe1592 by inchesa1616 inch by incha1616 to go slow1664 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos i. sig. C.ijv He..by smal and smal doth make The Queene forget her husband dead. 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vi. 128 By small and small to landward than I swamme. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. ii. 194 I play the torturer by small and small To lengthen out the worst that must be spoken. View more context for this quotation 1994 Iowa Rev. 24 82 All things splendid are disfigured by small and small. < as lemmas |
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