| 单词 | lite and lite |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(a, by) lite and lite b. (a, by) lite and lite: (by) little and little. Also in the form by lithe and lithe. 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 c1290 S.E. Leg. I. 313/465 So þat þe sonne bi-fore geth luyte and luyte i-wis. c1325 Song of Yesterday 44 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 134 Heo ne schal fade as a flour Luyte and luyte leosen hir beute. c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 527 (Cambr.) Euere it wastith lyte & lyte awey. 1406 T. Hoccleve La Male Regle 92 A lyte & lyte to withdrawen it. a1577 G. Gascoigne Dan Bartholmew in Wks. (1587) 104 By lite and lite his fits away gan flie. 1592 J. Dee Autobiogr. Tracts 23 in Chetham Misc. (1851) I Not long after..by lithe and lithe I became hindered. < as lemmas |
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