单词 | every corner |
释义 | > as lemmasevery corner 7. Any part whatsoever, even the smallest, most distant or secluded (as no corner, every corner). ΘΚΠ the world > space > [noun] > defined or limited portion of space > any whatsoever corner1526 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. QQviiiv It shall leaue no corner of our soules..vnsertched. a1571 W. Haddon in A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. (1576) 416 All mystes and fogges of ignoraunce, may be driven away out of all the corners of this kingdome. 1614 Bp. J. Hall Recoll. Treat. 821 All the world was theirs, scarce any corner ours. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 529 But first with narrow search I must walk round This Garden, and no corner leave unspi'd. View more context for this quotation 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar iii. 37 I turn'd; and try'd each corner of my Bed, To find if Sleep were there, but Sleep was lost. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 219 There was no corner of the kingdom in which the effect was not felt. 1886 ‘H. Conway’ Living or Dead xiv My friend must have seen every nook and corner in the house. < as lemmas |
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