| 单词 | by a jugful |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby a jugful As much as fills a jug. by a jugful (U.S. slang), by a great deal, ‘by a long chalk’. 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 the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > jug pitchera1400 pitcherfulc1440 jugful1865 1831 Boston Transcript 14 Nov. 2/1 ‘Vote on your side!’ says another: ‘Not by a jug full.’ 1840 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 3rd Ser. xviii. (Farmer) The last mile..took the longest [time] to do it by a jugfull. 1845 S. Smith May-day in N.Y. ii. 43 Downingville..would smell as sweet as a rose. But 'taint so in New-York..not by a jug-full. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. vii. 217 Mr. Riderhood..fetched his jug-full of water. 1893 Family Herald 25 Mar. 335/2 She overturned a jugful [of milk] upon the large black pool [of ink]. 1967 P. G. Wodehouse Company for Henry xii. 220 Did your heart melt? Not by a jugful. You gave him the sleeve across the windpipe and kicked him out. 1971 P. G. Wodehouse Much Obliged, Jeeves vi. 57 ‘Then why is Tuppy short of cash? Didn't he inherit them?’ ‘Not by a jugful.’ < as lemmas |
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