| 单词 | a few well-chosen words |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa few well-chosen words 2. spec. of words or language. Now frequently in a few well-chosen words: a short and telling speech or piece of writing; (colloquial) a verbal rebuke, a cutting remark. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > apt or felicitous exquisite?a1505 exquised1521 well-chosen1561 well-chose1595 apt1600 lucky1670 felicitous1867 the mind > language > speech > [noun] > that which is or can be spoken > short a wordc1405 half a word1562 a couple of words1589 a few well-chosen words1854 1561 R. Ascham in T. Blundeville tr. Plutarch Three Morall Treat. The woordes well chosen and well sette, Doe bryng suche light vnto the sense. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 43v All his words be proper, apt & well chosen. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xliii. 272 A grammarian therefore be entred to write, speake, and vnderstande pretily in some well chosen argument best to follow for aptnes ech way. 1624 E. Forset Def. Right of Kings 12 Hee vsed..such cloathing and decking of the cause with well chosen words for the faire carriage of the matter, as that the naked and plaine sence thereof was not easily to be discouered. a1704 J. Locke Conduct of Understanding §31 in Posthumous Wks. (1706) 97 Well chosen Similies, Metaphors and Allegories. 1733 S. Whatley tr. S. Tyssot de Patot Trav. & Adventures James Massey 21 The Terms in which he express'd himself were strong, and well-chosen. 1828 R. Whately Elem. Rhetoric iii. ii. §9. 243 A well-chosen epithet may often suggest..an entire Argument. 1845 H. W. Longfellow Poets & Poetry of Europe 600 His language is simple, well chosen, and beautiful. 1854 Harper's Mag. Feb. 423/2 Thomas Carlyle..has excelled all his contemporaries in the graphic pictures which he has painted in a few well-chosen and expressive words. 1912 M. Beerbohm Christmas Garland 46 You figure him at the gate, shaking hands all round, and speaking perhaps a few well-chosen words about the future. 1957 D. Robins Noble One xix. 177 I can and shall go down and settle her with a few well-chosen words. 1990 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 19 Sept. 11 How many people dream of being able to corner their local friendly bank manager and impart a few well-chosen words? 2004 Time Out N.Y. 16 Dec. 179/1 Dressed to the tens, deploying well-chosen anecdotes and asides, she glides from table to table, flirting here, cajoling there. < as lemmas |
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