单词 | by-thing |
释义 | by-thingn. That which is not the main thing; a matter by the way, or for by-times. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > subsidiary by-matter1552 by-point1610 by-passage1674 by-consideration1691 by-thing1721 by-interest1801 by-play1816 sideshow1855 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials I. i. xxiv. 174 Not [content to swear] to the whole act, some by-things in it not agreeing to their judgments. 1859 G. Wilson & A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes (1861) x. 318 Only..as a kind of by-thing could he find time for zoological..pursuits. 1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket iii. iii. 132 These are by-things In the great cause. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1721 |
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