单词 | in one piece |
释义 | > as lemmasin (also †of) one piece P7. in (also †of) one piece: consisting of a single element, part or body; undivided, uniform; (figurative) unharmed, undamaged, intact. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > as a whole [phrase] > whole or intact in (also of) one piece1566 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 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xxxvii. 22 The knoppes & braunches..were all one pece of fyne beaten golde.] 1566 T. Blundeville Arte of Rydynge (rev. ed.) iii. xxviii. f. 78v, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe Whole portes ought to be rounde, and made all of one pece, and not broken, or ioyned together in the top. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xvi. 50 [An] obelisquie of coloured stone all of one peece 50. cubits high. c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1922) II. 200 Germannis [made] the boit of ane pece. 1672 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1880) 14 329 Each steppe being of one peece. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Monopetalous Flowers..are..all of one piece. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 239 Buss, a Dutch fishing-vessel with three short masts, each in one piece. 1818 Times 17 Sept. 3/5 About 5 feet of the trunk, with roots sufficient to keep it firmly upright, all in one piece, is now standing in the midst of the quarry. 1885 Bible (R.V.) Exod. xxxvii. 8 Of one piece with the mercy-seat made he the cherubim at the two ends thereof. 1929 D. Hammett Dain Curse (1930) xiii. 141 I returned to the ravine..reaching the bottom all in one piece with nothing more serious the matter with me than torn fingers. 2004 Sunday Tribune (Nexis) 29 Feb. 8 A marvellous, long and slightly curved, forged metal tool, made in one piece. < as lemmas |
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