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单词 at full length
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at (also in) full length
1. at (also in) full length: so as to encompass, include, lay out, or extend to the entire length (physical or temporal) of something.Esp. with reference to the full extent of the human body.
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the world > space > extension in space > [phrase] > extended at length
long streight, straught?a1366
at (also in) full length1583
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > in longitudinal extent [phrase] > to or at full length
at (also in) full length1583
in length1591
1583 A. Marten tr. P. M. Vermigli Another Coll. Certeine Diuine Matters & Doctr. 234/1 in tr. P. M. Vermigli Common Places The words of Epiphanius, whereof I argued, you thought good to recite all at full length, the which are on this wise.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. viii. sig. F3 Her hayre being layed at the full length downe her backe.
1613 T. Dekker Strange Horse-race sig. F Their legges were buttoned vp in Gamashes, made of Beares paws, the nailes sticking out at full length.
1631 J. Bingham in tr. Ælian Art of embattailing Army xxx. 2 When the Pike is borne in full length crosse the front of the battaile, the posture of the Pike is said to be πλάγιος.
1709 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 93. ⁋4 I have upon my Chamber-Walls, drawn at full Length, the Figures of all sorts of Men.
1740 S. A. Laval Compend. Hist. Reformation III. ii. vi. 132 He sets forth in full length the many Grievances of the Reformed.
1793 T. Cogan Rhine I. xiii. 145 They are laid at full length upon a bed, placed in a hand-waggon.
1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) vi. 75 By constructing..a temporary sofa of three chairs..and lying down at full-length upon it.
1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. vi. 284 Crabbe, like all realistic writers, must be studied at full length.
1888 J. Winsor Narr. & Crit. Hist. Amer. VII. App. 570 The Lansdowne picture, either in full length or the bust only.
1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon iii. vii, in Mod. Comedy (1929) 469 She threw herself at full length on the divan.
1999 K. Baetjer & J. D. Draper Only the Best 89 Two of the earliest paintings show her in half-length, wearing a dark cap.., and in full-length, seated, and wearing a spray of orange blossoms.
2006 Photovideo May 44/1 (caption) Stretch out comfortably at full length with your elbows propped firmly on the floor for improved stability.
extracted from full lengthn.adj.adv.
at (one's) full length
d. With the body fully extended, to the full extent of the body or the limbs. Now usually at (one's) full length.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > [adverb]
on lengthc1440
at (one's) full length1607
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 23 When they sleepe they lie at length.
1613 S. Purchas Descr. India in Pilgrimage (1864) 7 [They] pray vpon the earth, with their armes and legs at length out.
1668 J. Flavell Saint Indeed 171 The..Serpent..is never seen at his full length till dying.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. iv. vi. 129 We..discovered two men stretched at their length in the street.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I xc. 48 He threw Himself at length.
1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Eclogues vi, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 39 Laid at his length in a cavern, Silenus slumbering sound.
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