| 单词 | little by little |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslittle by little (d) little by little. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [phrase] > gradually or in stages footmealeOE (a, by) lite and litec1290 a little and a littlea1375 little and littlea1387 (by) some and some1398 by little and by littlea1425 little by little?a1425 littly?a1425 inchmeal1530 by small and small1558 by (a) little1577 gradatim1583 by lithe and lithe1592 by inchesa1616 inch by incha1616 to go slow1664 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 41 After gradately, i. litel bi litel, to soupyng of farinam of fabez. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 74v Lytill be lytill, diuisim, paulatim. 1586 D. Rowland tr. H. de Mendoza Pleasant Hist. Lazarillo (1672) ii. Q 2 Weak and dead for hunger, I went little by little up the street. a1643 Visct. Falkland Of Infallibilitie Church of Rome (1645) 16 How things little by little may have been received under old names, which would not have beene so at once under new ones. 1760 E. Nihell Treat. Art Midwifery ii. 414 Little by little the truth will come out. 1766 tr. V. de Mezague Gen. View Eng. 22 The farmers..have been obliged little by little to lower the rents. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. IV. viii. xxv. 410 We are forced, little by little, to turn liberalists. 1892 B. F. Westcott Gospel of Life 272 Little by little, the revelation of Christ's Nature was made through the events of His intercourse with men. 1931 M. E. Waller Windmill on Dune i. 58 Little by little I taught him all my swimming tricks. 1997 W. Dalrymple From Holy Mountain (1998) iii. 137 Little by little the merchant raised his offer. < as lemmas |
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