| 单词 | in a slump |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a slump A large quantity or number; chiefly in phrases by or in (the) slump, rarely in a slump, as a whole, not separately or individually, collectively; in the lump. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > that is all or the whole [phrase] > all collectively en masse in generala1393 in gross1508 by the lump1522 in universal1532 at large1598 in the lump1624 in (the) massa1631 at the great1699 by or in (the) slump1795 en masse1802 in a slump1827 en bloc1861 in block1870 in (the) aggregate1973 (a) (b)1814 W. Scott Diary 10 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. iv. 175 Mariages and baptisms are performed, as one of the Isles-men told me, by the slump.1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 893 We would not give General Holt..for all the Greek chiefs in a slump.1866 J. S. Blackie Homer & Iliad I. 29 There is a tendency to fling away honest old traditions in the slump.1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XV. 344 The brae farms, and the pasture land, are let by slump; it is impossible to say what they rent per acre. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) Coft by slump. 1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) II. 742 The grain is..paid in slump or advance at the middle of the year's engagement. < as lemmas |
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