单词 | sample |
释义 | sam·ple I. 1. obsolete < liv'd in court … most prais'd, most lov'd, a sample to the youngest — Shakespeare > 2. a. < the sample of the … Nordic race with which he identifies himself — Ruth Benedict > < knowledge of the deep ocean floor comes from … bottom samples — F.P.Shepard > b. < the collection of samples for museum displays — R.W.Murray > < molded caps over the windows and the original broad porch make it an excellent sample of its period — American Guide Series: Connecticut > c. (1) (2) < floor sample > 3. < offering listeners samples from the whole tradition of world drama — Leslie Rees > < contrasting samples of church-state policy — Paul Blanshard > 4. a. < poll a national sample as a means of predicting elections > b. < results of the sample … must be translated and interpreted — W.E.Deming > Synonyms: see instance II. 1. obsolete a. < she seemed to be sampled for him — Henry Lord > < this notion … nowhere else sampled in any Greek author — Joseph Mede > b. < some way sample that, which no way we can express — Henry Montagu > c. < a model … must be sampled in Jerusalem — Joseph Hall > 2. a. < inspectors … sample a year's output of fifty million parts — Bryan Morgan > < achievement tests … each sampling a different area — University of State of New York Bulletin > b. < good ore, two feet of which samples more than … 30 ounces of silver — New York Sun > c. < rail fans will … adjust their itineraries this summer to sample the shiny new equipment — P.J.C.Friedlander > < sample the pleasures of the simple life — Thomas Cadett > d. < sample the literature of social science > < surrounds himself with books … and samples them as a dowager might a box of chocolates — Time > 3. < manuscripts are so extensive … that it would be a heavy task to undertake even to sample them adequately — Times Literary Supplement > < denims are sampled in red — Women's Wear Daily > 4. < polling organizations sampled the electorate at intervals — Americana Annual > III. 1. < sample question > < designed a sample three-bedroom house — New York Times > 2. a. < sample ore > < sample copy > b. < sample cutter > < sample tester > < sample card > < sample passer > 3. < sample tunnels have already indicated the proximity of fossils — R.W.Murray > 4. < was courteous enough to check his attendances for us during a random sample week — Ernest & Pearl Beaglehole > IV. V. |
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