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

arm-length n. (also arm's length) the length of an arm or forearm as a measure of extent or distance; cf. sense 6; also attributive.

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a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 2194 (MED) Hi nere nouȝt ffer ffram londe, Bote a two hondred armes lengþe, ffram þe elbowe to þe honde.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 16 (MED) Ylion..is a smal entrale long wele of 7 or 8 armelengþ [L. septem vel octo brachiorum].

1637 S. Rutherford Let. 7 Sept. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 162 Ye shall come ere long to be within your arm-length of the glorious crown.

1666 Proc. Council of Maryland 7 Sept. in W. H. Browne Arch. Maryland (1885) III. 555 Beauor and Roanoke or other Commodities to the uallue of two hundred weight of Beauer or other Skinns and Two Thowsand Armes length of Roanoke.

1840 L. S. Costello Summer amongst Bocages & Vines II. xvi. 332 I had arrived within an arm's length of her, when I paused.

1863 Ld. Lytton Ring of Amasis I. i. i. iv. 49 He is within but a few arm-lengths of the sinking child.

1991 M. Connel Against Peacock Sky 118 An arm-length shaft of wood, smooth and shiny as a newly opened conker.

单词	arm-length
释义	> as lemmas arm-length arm-length n. (also arm's length) the length of an arm or forearm as a measure of extent or distance; cf. sense 6; also attributive. ΚΠ a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 2194 (MED) Hi nere nouȝt ffer ffram londe, Bote a two hondred armes lengþe, ffram þe elbowe to þe honde. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 16 (MED) Ylion..is a smal entrale long wele of 7 or 8 armelengþ [L. septem vel octo brachiorum]. 1637 S. Rutherford Let. 7 Sept. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 162 Ye shall come ere long to be within your arm-length of the glorious crown. 1666 Proc. Council of Maryland 7 Sept. in W. H. Browne Arch. Maryland (1885) III. 555 Beauor and Roanoke or other Commodities to the uallue of two hundred weight of Beauer or other Skinns and Two Thowsand Armes length of Roanoke. 1840 L. S. Costello Summer amongst Bocages & Vines II. xvi. 332 I had arrived within an arm's length of her, when I paused. 1863 Ld. Lytton Ring of Amasis I. i. i. iv. 49 He is within but a few arm-lengths of the sinking child. 1991 M. Connel Against Peacock Sky 118 An arm-length shaft of wood, smooth and shiny as a newly opened conker. extracted from armn.¹ < as lemmas
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