| 单词 | fine and |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfine and —— 6. colloquial (chiefly Scottish and Irish English) fine and ——: (as an intensifier of an adjective) very, exceedingly; completely.Cf. nice and —— at nice adj. 14b, good and at good adj. 12c. ΚΠ 1665 C. Cotton Scarronnides 27 Dido and Bilbo, in this Case Shall finde a Cave as fit a place For such an use, so fine and dark, That..They there..may take a gentle Touch together. 1787 G. Colman Inkle & Yarico iii. i. 56 Wows comes on fine and fast in her lessons. 1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness 58 Ah's fine an hung-ry. 1885 R. L. Stevenson Let. Apr. in Lett. to C. Baxter (1956) 161 When I read him my Sculduddry Sangs, he seemed fine an' pleased wi' them. 1915 J. Wilson Lowland Sc. Lower Strathearn 195 It's fine and easy to talk, But not so easy to act. 1921 H. Chapman Philosopher of Butterbiggins 18 Puir wee man. I tellt ye he was greetin', John. He's fine an' disappointed. 1968 I. McGregor Edinb. Reel i. 13 You've grown fine and bonny, my dear. 1999 F. McCourt 'Tis ii. 19 The way they eat all the time in America..I'll be fine and fat, as they say in Limerick. 2005 A. Fenton Buchan Words & Ways iv. 88 She made er tae in a wee roon metal tae-pot... It got fine an black an strong. < as lemmas |
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