英语词汇“from top to toe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. from top to (also †into, †unto) toe and variants.Not common in North American usage.

(a) All over or throughout a person's body; from head to foot.Cf. from crown to toe at crown n. 19a, from head to toe at toe n. 5d, from top to tail at Phrases 3c, from top to bottom at Phrases 4a(a).

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c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) l. 561 Ouer al & from þe top to þe tan.

a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 611 (MED) I holde þe trewe fro top to þe too.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. QQQiiii^v Thou art made abhominable, from the toppe to the too.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 267 After this follow fifteene other most faire Camels,..couered from top to toe with Silke.

1718 Ld. Lansdowne in M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 45 Top-a-Toe, my dear Niece Your most affectionate, Faithful, humble servant, Lansdowne.

1916 E. Appleton Diary 13 May in R. Cowen Nurse at Front (2013) 135 We were absolutely drenched to the skin from top to toe.

2002 C. Slaughter Before Knife (2003) xv. 260 Dressed in black from top to toe.

(b) figurative and in extended use. Entirely; completely; (also) from beginning to end.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > thoroughly > from beginning to end or through and through

to the boneOE

through and throughc1225

out and outc1300

from top to tail1303

out and inc1390

(from) head to heel (also heels)c1400

(from) head to foot (also feet)c1425

from top to (into, unto) toec1425

to the skin1526

to one's (also the) finger (also fingers') ends1530

from first to last1536

up and down1542

whole out1562

to the pith1587

to the back1594

from A to (also until) Z1612

from clew to earing1627

from top to bottom1666

back and edge1673

all hollow1762

(all) to pieces1788

from A to Za1821

to one's (also the) fingertips1825

to one's fingernails1851

from tip to toe1853

down to the ground1859

to the backbone1864

right the way1867

pur sang1893

from the ground up1895

in and out1895

from soda (card) to hock1902

c1480 (a1400) Seven Sleepers 121 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 429 Malchus..tald þame fra tope to ta quhow decius þame socht to sla.

1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde Prol. B ij I..reuisying from top to too the sayde booke.

a1636 J. Rogers Godly Expos. First Epist. Peter (1650) i. 89 We must be now as much altered in our behavior, as our case, we hope, is altered from top to toe; as from being heirs of wrath, to be heirs of heaven.

1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 87 A manliness in its type English from top to toe.

2007 Sunday Tribune (Ireland) (Nexis) 23 Sept. (Sport section) 7 The World Cup has been a disaster from top to toe.

单词	from top to toe
释义	> as lemmas from top to (also †into, †unto) toe a. from top to (also †into, †unto) toe and variants.Not common in North American usage. (a) All over or throughout a person's body; from head to foot.Cf. from crown to toe at crown n. 19a, from head to toe at toe n. 5d, from top to tail at Phrases 3c, from top to bottom at Phrases 4a(a). ΚΠ c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) l. 561 Ouer al & from þe top to þe tan. a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 611 (MED) I holde þe trewe fro top to þe too. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. QQQiiii^v Thou art made abhominable, from the toppe to the too. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 267 After this follow fifteene other most faire Camels,..couered from top to toe with Silke. 1718 Ld. Lansdowne in M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 45 Top-a-Toe, my dear Niece Your most affectionate, Faithful, humble servant, Lansdowne. 1916 E. Appleton Diary 13 May in R. Cowen Nurse at Front (2013) 135 We were absolutely drenched to the skin from top to toe. 2002 C. Slaughter Before Knife (2003) xv. 260 Dressed in black from top to toe. (b) figurative and in extended use. Entirely; completely; (also) from beginning to end. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > thoroughly > from beginning to end or through and through to the boneOE through and throughc1225 out and outc1300 from top to tail1303 out and inc1390 (from) head to heel (also heels)c1400 (from) head to foot (also feet)c1425 from top to (into, unto) toec1425 to the skin1526 to one's (also the) finger (also fingers') ends1530 from first to last1536 up and down1542 whole out1562 to the pith1587 to the back1594 from A to (also until) Z1612 from clew to earing1627 from top to bottom1666 back and edge1673 all hollow1762 (all) to pieces1788 from A to Za1821 to one's (also the) fingertips1825 to one's fingernails1851 from tip to toe1853 down to the ground1859 to the backbone1864 right the way1867 pur sang1893 from the ground up1895 in and out1895 from soda (card) to hock1902 c1480 (a1400) Seven Sleepers 121 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 429 Malchus..tald þame fra tope to ta quhow decius þame socht to sla. 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde Prol. B ij I..reuisying from top to too the sayde booke. a1636 J. Rogers Godly Expos. First Epist. Peter (1650) i. 89 We must be now as much altered in our behavior, as our case, we hope, is altered from top to toe; as from being heirs of wrath, to be heirs of heaven. 1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 87 A manliness in its type English from top to toe. 2007 Sunday Tribune (Ireland) (Nexis) 23 Sept. (Sport section) 7 The World Cup has been a disaster from top to toe. extracted from topn.¹adj. < as lemmas
随便看	in the picture in the pinch in the pink in the pipeline in the place in the place of in the plain in the plush in the poop in the post in the pound in the pound seats in the pound seats occasionally seat in the pout in the pouts in the presence in the press in the print in the process of in the process of doing something in the process of time in the public in the public domain in the public eye in the pudding club

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