英语词汇“many small makes a great”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

4. A large thing. Chiefly in the proverb (now U.S. regional and rare) many (a) small makes a great and variants (cf. many a little makes a mickle at mickle pron. 4).

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a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 2366 (MED) Many smale makeþ a grete.

1557 W. Barker tr. St. Basil of Caesarea Exhort. to Younge Kynsemen sig. C.vii Many a litle maketh a gret, as a mighty flod, of a smale fountayne.

1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 82 No earthly great, but wasted is with time.

1626 W. Vaughan Golden Fleece iii. x. 64 As the..Prouerbe implieth, many a small makes a great, and mountaines were made of small motes or atomes.

1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 9/1 in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) Many small make a great.

1782 J. Elphinston in tr. Martial Epigrams Comm. 512/1 Democritus..had nothing left for his Great Cause, but Earth: which, by deep investigation, he found to consist, as of smalls all greats, of infinitely little, next to indivisible particles called (in Greek) Atoms.

1853 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 19 Feb. 126/2 Most of us have formed in our minds a standard of a great and a small in mere surface dimensions.

1870 J. J. Sylvester Laws of Verse 114 The doctrine of limits and of infinitely greats and smalls.

1953 C. I. Keelan in Streamlining Office Equipm. & Services Amer. Managem. Assoc. Office Managem. Ser. No. 135. ii. 27 I have often been asked if it is worth while to make such small savings. Remember that many a small makes a great.

1992 W. Mieder et al. Dict. Amer. Prov. (1996) at Small Many small makes a great. Rec. dist.: Ky., Tenn.

单词	many small makes a great
释义	> as lemmas many (a) small makes a great 4. A large thing. Chiefly in the proverb (now U.S. regional and rare) many (a) small makes a great and variants (cf. many a little makes a mickle at mickle pron. 4). ΚΠ a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 2366 (MED) Many smale makeþ a grete. 1557 W. Barker tr. St. Basil of Caesarea Exhort. to Younge Kynsemen sig. C.vii Many a litle maketh a gret, as a mighty flod, of a smale fountayne. 1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 82 No earthly great, but wasted is with time. 1626 W. Vaughan Golden Fleece iii. x. 64 As the..Prouerbe implieth, many a small makes a great, and mountaines were made of small motes or atomes. 1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 9/1 in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) Many small make a great. 1782 J. Elphinston in tr. Martial Epigrams Comm. 512/1 Democritus..had nothing left for his Great Cause, but Earth: which, by deep investigation, he found to consist, as of smalls all greats, of infinitely little, next to indivisible particles called (in Greek) Atoms. 1853 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 19 Feb. 126/2 Most of us have formed in our minds a standard of a great and a small in mere surface dimensions. 1870 J. J. Sylvester Laws of Verse 114 The doctrine of limits and of infinitely greats and smalls. 1953 C. I. Keelan in Streamlining Office Equipm. & Services Amer. Managem. Assoc. Office Managem. Ser. No. 135. ii. 27 I have often been asked if it is worth while to make such small savings. Remember that many a small makes a great. 1992 W. Mieder et al. Dict. Amer. Prov. (1996) at Small Many small makes a great. Rec. dist.: Ky., Tenn. extracted from greatadj.n.adv.int. < as lemmas
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