| 单词 | by the half |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby the half (a) by half: (following a comparative or, in negative contexts, by as, so, or enough with an adjective) by a great deal; by far; much, considerably. Formerly also with determiner, in by one half, by the half.Quot. eOE shows adverbial use of the neuter instrumental singular of the adjective in an equivalent construction. (It is uncertain whether this is to be interpreted as implying use as noun). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > to a great extent or by far great quantityc1330 far forthly1362 by farc1380 well awayc1390 by half?a1400 by mucha1450 far (and) away1546 by a great sort1579 to stand head and shoulders abovea1683 (by) a long way1741 by a jugful1831 by all odds1832 by a long, damn, etc., sight1834 out and away1834 (by) a long chalk1835 by chalks1835 by long chalks1835 by a street1886 a whole lot1886 eOE Metres of Boethius (partly from transcript of damaged MS) (2009) xii. 9 Ðynceð þegna gehwelcum huniges bibread healfe þy swetre, gif he hwene ær huniges teare bitres onbyrgeð.] c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1543 (MED) To yow þat..weldez more slyȝt Of þat art, bi þe half, or a hundreth of seche As I am. 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. viv Yt were not so madde by halfe as ys hys..compt that he maketh you now. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 13 Shee is fayrer by one halfe than shee was before. 1658 A. Cokayne Trappolin i. i, in Small Poems 422 Why then Captain, in faith I am a very coward; tis better by half than a souldier. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iii. ii. 33 In my mind, the other's œconomy in selling it to him, was more reprehensible by half. 1869 C. H. Spurgeon John Ploughman's Talk 13 I'd sooner by half bend my back double with hard work than be a jack-a-dandy. 1879 L. B. Walford Cousins I. xix. 295 You are not as clever by half as Hester at repartee, Jane. 1911 J. M. Forman Unknown Lady x. 140 He's one of the nicest young men in the world (though not so nice, by half, as you are, Willie). 1967 E. D. Hirsch in D. Walder Lit. in Mod. World (1990) 53 The perspectivism of the radical historicist is not radical enough by half. 2010 M. Dennison Livia, Empress of Rome ix. 74 Better by half that this youthful aristocratic wife and mother should cultivate laurel groves and white poultry. < as lemmas |
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