| 单词 | for sale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor sale e. for sale: used adjectively, = intended to be sold; used adverbially, = with a view to selling. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > [adjective] > made or intended to be sold sale1455 for salea1616 made to sell1827 society > trade and finance > selling > [adverb] > on sale to sella1300 to salec1380 to set on (or a) sale1546 a-sale1553 for salea1616 on offer1881 a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. iv. 82 The other is not a thing for sale . View more context for this quotation 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iii. 124 Then they draw them [sc. pots] for Sale, which is cheifly to the poor Crate-men. 1808 Times 24 Feb. Feathers and Quills for Sale. 1829 W. Scott Guy Mannering (new ed.) I. vii. 66 They..sometimes had good pointers for sale. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 257 We went into a bookseller's shop to inquire if he had any description of Boston for sale. 1938 R. Field All this & Heaven Too (1939) xxxviii. 488 The best houses in the neighbourhood suddenly stood empty with ‘To Let’ or ‘For Sale’ signs on their walls. 1965 K. Giles Some Beasts no More ii. 42 There was a For Sale notice which alluded to a fine residence and ninety acres of land. < as lemmas |
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