单词 | little or naught |
释义 | > as lemmaslittle or (also other) naught (also nought) a. little or (also other) naught (also nought): = little or nothing at Phrases 3d; formerly also as †adverbial phrase. Now archaic. ΚΠ c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6480 Her iss litell oþerr nohht. I þiss land off þatt sallfe. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 49 Þat tu of ðese lihte litel oðer naht ne ȝesikst. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 33 Huanne þe man nele do þet me him zayþ ine penonce..oþer yef he hit onderuangþ, he hit deþ oþer litel oþer naȝt. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 148 Unsensible wordis of Goddis Sone..þei trowen litil or nouȝt. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 417 (MED) The peple cowde not espye Lytel or nouȝt of his intent. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 193 Ȝif a preste breke þe hestis of god men chargen þat litel or nouȝt. 1443 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1862) IV. 43 Noght agayn standing as we ar infourmyt yhe haf done litle or noght [etc.]. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) v. l. 4317 He was curyousse in his stille,..Mad in metyr meit his dyte, Litil or noucht neuir þe lesse Wauerande fra þe suythtfastnes. 1504 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1504 §28. m. 22 Theves and other pikars..byyng such stolen vessell unto theym in such hyde places to sell, and it sell for litill or nought. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxxxviiv/2 Right so lytel or naught is worthe erthely power. 1631 F. Lenton Characterismi xv, sig. D He hath fisht till hee hath fild his bagge, then sits downe to fil's belly, and lends little or naught to the distressed. 1634 W. Lathum Phyala Lachrymarum in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1932) 42 How little differing life is from death, how little or nought at all death is from sleepe. 1712 F. Bragge Witchcraft Farther Display'd 7 She..had many Returns of these Fits 'till this Time, eating little or nought, and often vomited crooked Pins. 1803 Scots Mag. Apr. 233/2 Our Lords of Session..this twelvemonth have done little or nought. 1839 Haileybury Observer 14 Oct. 14 The other cared little or naught for the Graces. 1869 Packard's Monthly Apr. 122/1 By purling brook, or 'neath stormy wave, It matters little or naught to me. 1918 Farm Jrnl. Sept. 30/2 His going meant little or naught. 2001 R. W. Hoyle Pilgrimage of Grace x. 294 Aske was very much in control, with Darcy, the archbishop, and the others counting for little or nought. < as lemmas |
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