英语词汇“little or nothing”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. little or nothing: (a) hardly at all (now somewhat archaic); (b) hardly anything (of), only a very small quantity (of).

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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > hardly anything

what little'sOE

little's whatlOE

little or nothingc1450

next to nothing1596

c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) l. 106 Al-thow they lytell or no thynge In their own personys haue doon of prevytesse..ȝitt were they cause of many grete dedesse.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 141 Simple and vndiscreete persons should haue the voyce, and the worshipfull men little or nothing regarded.

?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 118 Their daunces were..matronelyke, mouing scarce little or nothing in their gestures at all.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 281 The idle drones that haue little or nothing to do but eate and drinke.

a1618 W. Raleigh Judicious Ess. & Observ. (1650) sig. E2 Of the amends recovered, Little or nothing returns to those that had suffered the wrong.

a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) i. viii. 149 A Countesse..litle or nothing respected..in the Church, where she could hardly gett a seate.

1669 N. Fairfax Let. 4 Feb. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1968) V. 376 Ye spirits spend little or nothing even in hot & busy bodys..wn they ar shott & recoile, or go & come.

1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 124 A Creature..which the People there call a Rattle-Mouse, tho' it has Little or Nothing of the Likeness of any Kind of Mouse seen in Europe.

1792 A. Young Trav. France 411 These small occupations are a real loss of labour;..people are fed upon them, whose time is worth little or nothing.

1845 G. L. Craik Sketches Hist. Lit. & Learning Eng. IV. 88 There is little or nothing..of poetry or picturesqueness in Feltham's writing.

1881 Med. Temp. Jrnl. 49 31 We know little or nothing about the truth.

1918 Fortn. Rev. 1 Apr. 105/2 In his attitude towards fundamental Christian teaching such a young man differs little or nothing from three-fourths of all who call themselves Protestants.

1955 A. J. P. Taylor Bismarck viii. 199 He knew little or nothing of contemporary German life.

2002 Voice 4 Nov. 16/2 In the midst of our plenty there are people who have little or nothing.

单词	little or nothing
释义	> as lemmas little or nothing d. little or nothing: (a) hardly at all (now somewhat archaic); (b) hardly anything (of), only a very small quantity (of). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > hardly anything what little'sOE little's whatlOE little or nothingc1450 next to nothing1596 c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) l. 106 Al-thow they lytell or no thynge In their own personys haue doon of prevytesse..ȝitt were they cause of many grete dedesse. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 141 Simple and vndiscreete persons should haue the voyce, and the worshipfull men little or nothing regarded. ?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 118 Their daunces were..matronelyke, mouing scarce little or nothing in their gestures at all. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 281 The idle drones that haue little or nothing to do but eate and drinke. a1618 W. Raleigh Judicious Ess. & Observ. (1650) sig. E2 Of the amends recovered, Little or nothing returns to those that had suffered the wrong. a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) i. viii. 149 A Countesse..litle or nothing respected..in the Church, where she could hardly gett a seate. 1669 N. Fairfax Let. 4 Feb. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1968) V. 376 Ye spirits spend little or nothing even in hot & busy bodys..wn they ar shott & recoile, or go & come. 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 124 A Creature..which the People there call a Rattle-Mouse, tho' it has Little or Nothing of the Likeness of any Kind of Mouse seen in Europe. 1792 A. Young Trav. France 411 These small occupations are a real loss of labour;..people are fed upon them, whose time is worth little or nothing. 1845 G. L. Craik Sketches Hist. Lit. & Learning Eng. IV. 88 There is little or nothing..of poetry or picturesqueness in Feltham's writing. 1881 Med. Temp. Jrnl. 49 31 We know little or nothing about the truth. 1918 Fortn. Rev. 1 Apr. 105/2 In his attitude towards fundamental Christian teaching such a young man differs little or nothing from three-fourths of all who call themselves Protestants. 1955 A. J. P. Taylor Bismarck viii. 199 He knew little or nothing of contemporary German life. 2002 Voice 4 Nov. 16/2 In the midst of our plenty there are people who have little or nothing. extracted from littleadj.pron.n.adv. < as lemmas
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