| 单词 | by fractions |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby fractions a. Something broken off; a disconnected portion; a fragment, scrap, small piece. Said with reference both to material and immaterial things. by fractions: piecemeal, by halves. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment shreddingc950 brucheOE shredc1000 brokec1160 truncheonc1330 scartha1340 screedc1350 bruisinga1382 morsel1381 shedc1400 stumpc1400 rag?a1425 brokalyc1440 brokeling1490 mammocka1529 brokelette1538 sheavec1558 shard1561 fragment1583 segment1586 brack1587 parcel1596 flaw1607 fraction1609 fracture1641 pash1651 frustillation1653 hoof1655 arrachement1656 jaga1658 shattering1658 discerption1685 scar1698 twitter1715 frust1765 smithereens1841 chitling1843 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > incompletely or partly [phrase] in partc1300 a (also in, of) party1372 to (the) half1547 by halves1563 by fractions1796 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. ii. 161 The fractions of her faith, orts of her loue. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 207. 1641 W. Prynne Antipathie To Rdr. sig. ¶¶¶4 My primitive intention was, to have presented thee with this..Antipathy intirely at the same instant without fractions. 1656 W. Davenant Siege of Rhodes To Rdr. sig. A3v Why in an heroick Argument my numbers are so often diversify'd and fall into short fractions. 1657 R. Sanderson 14 Serm. Pref. sig. E4v Whilest they are still crumbling into fractions and factions. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 19 No one is disposed to be a friend by fractions. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 105 Mahomet's followers found the Koran lying all in fractions. < as lemmas |
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