| 单词 | at full, great, some, etc length |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat full, great, some, etc. length a. To or in the full extent; fully, in full; without curtailment. Also at full, great, some, etc. length. †Rarely, at the length. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] > at length longlyOE large1395 largelya1398 at large1450 at the lengthc1500 at long1565 in huge1608 at full, great, some, etc. length1713 lengthily1787 prolongedly1832 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] > at length > at great, greater, or greatest length largierly1536 at full, great, some, etc. length1838 c1500 Sc. Poem Heraldry (Harl. 6149) 30 in F. J. Furnivall Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) i. 94 The..most populus, mortal were, wes at thebes, quhiche at linth I did write. 1530 A. Baynton in Palsgr. Introd. 12 Whiche thyng for substantives, he declareth some thyng at the length in his thyrde boke. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xlvi. sig. Iiiiiv Whan Arthur had red wel at length these letters. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 16 The Catechismus buke Declairis it at lenth. 1712 J. Swift Proposal for Eng. Tongue 22 The Words pronounced at length, sounded faint and languid. 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 4. 28 The Fellow talks of Rogue and Rascal at full Length. 1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 91 Lord Eldon, though he spoke at some length on the other question, did not advert to this. 1838 Trevelyan in Life Macaulay (1876) II. vii. 33 Macaulay gives his impressions at greater length. 1882 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. II. 138 Gardiner spoke at some length respecting the Holy Sacrament. 1886 Athenæum 30 Oct. 559/3 While Australia is described at length, the development of Canada since the Peace is hardly mentioned. < as lemmas |
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