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单词 drew
释义

drewn.

Forms: Also Middle English drewe.
Etymology: Derivation unknown.
Obsolete.
1. A drop, a very small quantity (of liquid).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > a quantity of > small
dropc1290
drewc1430
gutta1562
trickle1580
dribblea1682
sye1781
dreg1821
driblet1861
c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 60 Whanne þe child was .vij. ȝeer olde, Passyng sowkyng of milke drewis.
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 965 The drie erthe ferre about had noght þerof a drewe.
?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) ii. l. 1143 in Shorter Poems (1967) 74 Of the wattir I micht neuer tast a drew.
a1555 D. Lindsay Interl. Auld Man & Wife 87 The divill a drew sall cum in thy throte.
2. A morsel, a very small bit.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > small piece
fingereOE
snedec1000
seed?a1200
morselc1300
bittlock?a1400
farthingc1405
spota1413
lipetc1430
offe?1440
drewc1450
remnantc1450
parcel1483
crap1520
flakec1525
patch1528
spark1548
a piece1559
sparklec1570
inch1573
nibbling?1577
scantling1585
scrat1593
mincing1598
scantle1598
halfpenny1600
quantity1600
nip1606
kantch1608
bit1609
catch1613
scripa1617
snap1616
sippeta1625
crumblet1634
scute1635
scantleta1642
snattock1654
cantlet1700
tab1729
pallion1738
smallness1818
knobble1823
wisp1836
c1450 Cov. Myst. (1841) 36 Of whom we have our dayly food, Ellys we had but lytyl drewe.
c1450 Cov. Myst. (1841) 405 Nakyd men and ffebyl of array Ȝe wolde nott socowre with a lytel drewe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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