| 单词 | in spades |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin spades c. figurative in adverbial phrase in spades, very much, in abundance, extremely. (Spades is the highest ranking suit in Bridge.) colloquial (chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > in abundance [phrase] in wonea1300 by (or with) large metc1300 in plentya1382 in (the most, etc.) substantious manner1533 at fouth1535 in (great, good) store1600 thick on the ground1893 in spades1929 a-go-go1961 1929 D. Runyon in Cosmopolitan Oct. 62/2 I always hear the same thing about every bum on Broadway, male and female, including some I know are bums, in spades, right from taw. 1964 P. G. Wodehouse Frozen Assets i. 19 ‘It's the law I'm beefing about. You didn't make the law.’ ‘But I administer it.’ ‘I'll say you do. In spades.’ 1972 R. Nixon Diary in Mem. (1978) 619 Anybody who gets to the top in the Communist hierarchy and stays at the top has to have a great deal of political ability and a great deal of toughness. All three of the Soviet leaders have this in spades. < as lemmas |
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