| 单词 | far other |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfar other c. of inequality or unlikeness. Often with comparatives or superlatives; sometimes more emphatically far (and) away. Also with verbs, as to differ, exceed, excel, etc. far other: widely different. †to distinguish far: to make a wide distinction. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > by or to a great degree or extent > to a great degree (of difference) farc900 largelyc1325 largea1400 widely1603 far-about1848 sizes1861 way1903 tons1908 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > to a great extent or by far great quantityc1330 far forthly1362 by farc1380 well awayc1390 by half?a1400 by mucha1450 far (and) away1546 by a great sort1579 to stand head and shoulders abovea1683 (by) a long way1741 by a jugful1831 by all odds1832 by a long, damn, etc., sight1834 out and away1834 (by) a long chalk1835 by chalks1835 by long chalks1835 by a street1886 a whole lot1886 the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adjective] > very different far other1587 the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > be different [verb (intransitive)] > distinguish between skillc1200 shadea1400 discernc1400 superfine1689 to distinguish far1719 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. iii. xiv. §2 Feor on oþre wisan. a1400–50 Alexander 3922 A beste..Fere fersere þan an olifaunt. 1496 Act 12 Hen. VII c. 6 They be sold far under the Price that they be worth. 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (v.) f. 75 He passed farre his grandfather in synne. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Ciiiv Ye be better fed than taught far awaie. 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Di Which differeth not farre from the declaration of Vitruuius. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxiv. 426 One that behild a farre other beautie,..and tasted a farre other pleasure than of the worlde. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. B3 Which farre exceedes his barren skill to show. View more context for this quotation 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 2 A farre most excellent weight of glory. 1646 Duke of Hamilton in Hamilton Papers (1880) 124 No Englishman will..hold..that Scotland must be satisfied with it, farre leese that it be of the Scots framing. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 862 To answer, and resound farr other Song. View more context for this quotation a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1691) i. 26 In France..the Hugonots are..far the greatest Traders. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 9 Of this various Matter..the far greatest part of the Terrestrial Globe consists. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 92. ⁋1 With us it is far otherwise. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 170 You will allow it to consist with me, as a Roman, to distinguish far, between a Protestant and a Pagan. 1743 J. Morris Serm. ii. 53 Paul uses this argument to prove charity far preferable. 1773 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 236 [The delight] more, far away, than I have ever received. 1852 Democratic Rev. 11 Far and away the greatest. 1880 T. A. Spalding Elizabethan Demonol. 22 A slight surrender of principle was a far surer road to success. 1880 A. Trollope Duke's Children i. xxi. 253 He was far-and-away the cleverest of his party. 1883 W. E. Norris Thirlby Hall xxxiv You are far and away the greatest scoundrel I ever saw. 1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 29 528 The testator's estates were..incumbered..to an amount far beyond their value. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。