| 单词 | in the superlative |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the superlative (a) With the. The highest degree, esp. in respect of excellence; the most extreme mode. Frequently in in the superlative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] > quality or fact of being extreme > highest, utmost, or extreme degree heightOE perfectiona1398 utterestc1410 uttermosta1425 tiptoec1440 pinnaclec1450 utmost1472 outmostc1535 extremity1543 abyss1548 top1552 furthest, utmost stretch1558 summa summarum1567 superlative1573 strain1576 extreme1595 fine1596 last1602 yondmost1608 super-superlative1623 pitch1624 utmostness1674 pink1720 supreme1817 ultima Thule1828 peak1902 1573 G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 246 For the Sonet, were it not a little to much prayse (as the Italians do most commonly offend in the superlatiue) I could the more commend it. 1583 R. Greene Mamillia i. f. 11v Virginity you say is delightful, yet matrimony more pleasant: Virginity you put in the positiue, but matrimonie in the superlatiue. 1658 R. Flecknoe Enigmaticall Characters 124 He speaks of every thing in the superlative, shewing the littlenesse of his minde, by counting all thing so great. a1667 A. Cowley Verses Several Occasions 83 in Wks. (1668) The Positive parting with a little bow, the Comparative at the middle of the room, the Superlative at the door. 1725 I. Watts Logick ii. iii. iii. §6 Some Persons have a violent and turgid Manner both of Talking and Thinking... They..pronounce concerning everything in the Superlative. 1785 E. K. Mathews Constance I. 120 My brother says Lady Maria always talks in the superlative. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vii. 121 An Englishman..avoids the superlative, checks himself in compliments. 1894 H. L. A. Culmer Resources & Attractions of Utah 10 The writer suffers from chronic enthusiasm and cannot describe any resource of the Territory without resorting to the superlative. 1918 J. T. Hillhouse in H. Fielding Trag. of Trag. 35 Since heroic action is always in the superlative, it is always described in the superlative. 2008 E. S. Rosenberg in S. J. Dick Remembering Space Age x. 168 The media coverage of space in the early 1960s was all in the superlative. < as lemmas |
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