英语词汇“fair-sized”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

fair-sized adj. reasonably large; fairly big.

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1800 J. Lawrence New Farmer's Cal. 511 No mutton is equal in richness and flavour to that of a fair-sized sheep, thoroughly fed.

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. iv. 60 They were fair-sized rooms..furnished plainly but well.

1916 D. Haig Let. 1 Jan. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 178 The formation of a fair sized Reserve, or Fourth Army, becomes a necessity.

2002 H. Ritchie Friday Night Club (2003) i. vi. 51 I've got a fair-sized hangover on the go after a sesh at the Pig and Whistle.

b. Attributively, with qualifying words denoting relative size, as fair-sized, full-sized, great-sized, large-sized, middle-sized.In later use also with adverbs, as fairly-sized, moderately-sized.

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1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. xi. 26 Thou great siz'd coward.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Poincte The middle-sized wax-candle vsed in Churches.

a1678 A. Marvell Upon Appleton House in Misc. Poems (1681) 77 When larger sized Men did stoop To enter at a narrow loop.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Cock A Dunghil Cock..should be..of a large and well-siz'd Body.

1800 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening (ed. 3) xiv. 192 One plant or at most two will be enow under one full sized light.

1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 225 A moderate sized garden pea.

1883 F. Day Indian Fish 46 Large drag-nets,..having fairly-sized meshes.

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 528/2 The average-sized bottlenose whale yields 22 cwts. of oil.

单词	fair-sized
释义	> as lemmas fair-sized fair-sized adj. reasonably large; fairly big. ΚΠ 1800 J. Lawrence New Farmer's Cal. 511 No mutton is equal in richness and flavour to that of a fair-sized sheep, thoroughly fed. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. iv. 60 They were fair-sized rooms..furnished plainly but well. 1916 D. Haig Let. 1 Jan. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 178 The formation of a fair sized Reserve, or Fourth Army, becomes a necessity. 2002 H. Ritchie Friday Night Club (2003) i. vi. 51 I've got a fair-sized hangover on the go after a sesh at the Pig and Whistle. extracted from fairadj.n.¹ fair-sized b. Attributively, with qualifying words denoting relative size, as fair-sized, full-sized, great-sized, large-sized, middle-sized.In later use also with adverbs, as fairly-sized, moderately-sized. ΚΠ 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. xi. 26 Thou great siz'd coward. View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Poincte The middle-sized wax-candle vsed in Churches. a1678 A. Marvell Upon Appleton House in Misc. Poems (1681) 77 When larger sized Men did stoop To enter at a narrow loop. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Cock A Dunghil Cock..should be..of a large and well-siz'd Body. 1800 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening (ed. 3) xiv. 192 One plant or at most two will be enow under one full sized light. 1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 225 A moderate sized garden pea. 1883 F. Day Indian Fish 46 Large drag-nets,..having fairly-sized meshes. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 528/2 The average-sized bottlenose whale yields 22 cwts. of oil. extracted from sizedadj.¹ < as lemmas
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