| 单词 | every whit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasevery whit a. Without negative, esp. in every whit: every last thing, every little bit; the whole. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [noun] > the whole quantity, number, or amount > the whole lot every whita1450 every stitch?a1500 the devil and all1543 prow and poop1561 Christ-cross-row1579 every snip1598 thread and thrum1600 boodle1625 hair and hoof1705 rag-tag (also rag, tag) and bob-tail1725 tutti quanti1772 lot1791 lock, stock, and barrel1824 stock and fluke1825 the whole boiling1837 box and dice1839 the whole caboodlea1848 sub-cheese1859 the whole kit and boiling (boodle, caboodle, cargo)1859 the whole jingbang1866 the whole hypothec1871 the whole ball of wax1882 the whole (entire) shoot1884 (at) every whip-stitch1888 work1899 issue1919 guntz1958 full monty1979 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > the smallest amount > a jot cornc888 grotc888 prickleOE prickOE pointc1300 grain1377 hair1377 motec1390 twynt1399 mitec1400 tarec1405 drop1413 ace?1440 tittlea1450 whita1450 jot1526 Jack1530 plack1530 farthingc1540 minima1585 scintil1599 atom1626 scintillation1650 punct1653 doit1660 scintilla1674 rap1792 haet1802 dottle1808 smiggot1823 hooter1839 heartbeat1855 pick1866 filament1868 hoot1878 a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 359 (MED) To þe World wolde he not flyt But forsok it euery whytt. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Diii What he sayth and she sayth to lay good ere And tell to his sufferayne euery whyt. 1539 Bible (Great) 1 Sam. iii. 18 Samuel tolde him euery whitt, & hidd nothing from him. c1590 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 198 His maist prencelie Spreit,..vill appaise thy hoip in euerie quheit. 1665 J. Bunyan Holy Citie (1669) 182 Thou must enter in by every whit of Christ, or thou shalt enter in by never a whit of him. 1792 A. Geddes tr. Bible I. Deut. xiv. 16 All its spoil ye shall collect into the midst of its street, and shall burn with fire both the city and every whit of its spoil, in honour of the Lord. 1828 F. Corbyn Biogr., Sacred & Interesting 158 But one was to come into the world, who should fulfil every whit of the law. 1921 A. M. Royden Sex & Common-sense iv. 84 Is there one whit of difference, morally, between the prostitution that has no legal recognition and the prostitution that has? 1978 I. Doig This House of Sky (1992) 249 Latham House, if any single sum can be put to it, was a scuffed, restive, Aleutian-atoll of a place to spend one's college years—and every whit of it suited me. 2012 Columbian (Vancouver) (Nexis) 6 Aug. a6 We can't even find two candidates for the presidency who have a whit of difference between them beyond the timing of hardly dissimilar proposals. every (†each) whit b. Without negative. a whit: to a very small extent, a very little. any whit, one whit: to the least amount, in the least degree, at all. every (†each) whit: completely, altogether, thoroughly, quite (in later use almost always with as in comparisons of equality). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > to a small extent or a little littlec1175 a litec1290 a little quantityc1330 little whata1387 wee1513 a whit1526 thought1581 a wee bita1661 a small (also little) matter1690 a trifle1859 a wheen1869 a taste1894 smitch1895 a lick1902 mite1939 a skosh1959 a tidge1959 a tad1969 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > in the least or the slightest degree the leastc1400 any whit1526 one whit1526 (not) a wink1596 in the least1608 in the smallesta1616 in the leastwise1676 tint1886 the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > in full or to fullest extent to the full1340 at the fulla1375 at one's righta1425 in (the) wholea1475 every (each) whit1526 full due1574 in gross1606 in full habitudea1661 to capacity1958 1526 Bible (Tyndale) John vii. f. cxxxv Disdayne ye at me, be cause I made a man every whit whoale on the saboth daye? a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 411 Elynour made the pryce For good ale eche whyt. 1555 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. l. 161 Every Child..that can any whit speak. 1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau ii. iv. sig. D.ijv He eaten vp euery whit. 1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. ii. 104 Master Zuinglius (who woulde haue beene lothe one whit to strengthen the Papistes). 1618 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 49 Yf they be suffred but a whit longer, they will make claime to the whole Indies. 1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal ii. 15 I have written..a whole cart-load of things, every whit as good as this. 1700 S. Parker 6 Philos. Ess. 12 The Primæval Earth will be e'ery whit as ill shaped as that we poor Mortals inhabit. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 274 Every whit as wild and extravagant. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. xiii. 309 Were my situation one whit less perilous. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 342 At the King's command A clerk that day did note it every whit. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 231 The narrative of this campaign..is every whit as puzzling. 1903 I. Zangwill Grey Wig vi. 110 Mrs. Drabdump felt a whit uneasy. 1966 B. Brophy Don't never Forget 223 And really a talking animal is only a whit more startling than a talking star. 1992 B. Unsworth Sacred Hunger xxiv. 214 Thurso and Yellow Henry were using the argument from quantity too, and every whit as rigorously. < as lemmas |
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