| 单词 | in, to excess |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin, to (an) excess b. Phrases: in, to (an) excess, to carry (something), to drink, eat, go, run to excess. †(object) of excess, that possesses some quality in excess. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > excessively [phrase] > to excess at overdonec1175 in (also to) superfluitya1398 in, to (an) excess1526 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Pet. iv. 4 That ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of ryote. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 67 The desire of Power in Excesse, caused the Angels to fall. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §261 An Object of surcharge or excess, destroyeth the Sense: As the light of the Sun the eye, a violent sound (near the Ear) the hearing. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 144 [Canary wine] leaves least dreggs behind, though one drinke it to exces. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. iii. 113 Sophia..was yielding to an Excess . View more context for this quotation 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 6 'Till, carried to excess..This favourite good begets peculiar pain. 1838 W. Beaumont Exper. Digestion 252 Eating voraciously or to excess. 1841 E. Miall in Nonconformist 1 1 At present we have government in excess. 1875 C. Darwin Insectivorous Plants vi. 110 Raw meat and other nutritious substances, given in excess, kill the leaves. < as lemmas |
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