| 单词 | in a lump |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a lump ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > as a whole [phrase] > in a single piece in (also of) one piece1566 at a lump1596 of a piece1607 in a lump1640 all of a lumpc1681 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > in/into one place, company, or mass [phrase] > together or in a body in gross1508 in (the) massa1631 in a lump1640 en masse1802 1640 Lenthall in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1721) I. 18 Were we not all in a lump by them intended to be offered up to Moloch? 1666 W. Temple Let. to Ld. Arlington in Wks. (1731) II. 13 Whatever his Majesty's resolves to do, ought to be sudden, and in a Lump. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 106. ⁋2 I..asked him, Whether he would..sell his Goods by Retail, or designed they should all go in a Lump? 1812 Examiner 23 Aug. 542/1 If we..condemn, to use a vulgar expression, in a lump, we exasperate those whom we should wish to amend. 1825 J. Bentham Rationale Reward 154 When reward, instead of being bestowed in a lump, follows each successive portion of labour. 1923 H. G. Wells Men like Gods i. viii. 143 We shall all be..judged in a lump. 1934 G. B. Shaw Too True to be Good Pref. 9 The unqualified assertion that the rich, in a lump, are miserable. < as lemmas |
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