释义 |
‖ nulli secundus, adj. phr.|ˈnʌlɪ sɪˈkʌndəs| Also (applied to things) nulli secundum. [L.] Second to none.
1869S. R. Hole Bk. about Roses iv. 55 If Mr. Shirley Hibberd..can grow good Roses within four miles of the General Post-Office..it is quite certain that he would be nulli secundus with the full advantage of situation and soil. 1935G. K. Zipf Psycho-Biol. Lang. (1966) 75 The conventional Sanskrit alphabet is an amazingly accurate phonetic alphabet, practically nulli secundum. 1963Brewer's Dict. Phr. & Fable 649/2 Nulli secundus,..the motto of the Coldstream Guards, which regiment is hence sometimes spoken of as the Nulli Secundus Club. |