| 释义 |
by-thing|ˈbaɪθɪŋ|
[f. by- 4, 5 + thing.]
That which is not the main thing; a matter by the way, or for by-times.
1721Strype Eccl. Mem. I. i. xxiv. 174 Not [content to swear] to the whole act, some by-things in it not agreeing to their judgments. 1859G. Wilson E. Forbes x. (1861) 318 Only..as a kind of by-thing could he find time for zoological..pursuits. 1884Tennyson Becket iii. iii. 132 These are by-things In the great cause. |