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单词 man by man
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man by man
c. preceded and followed by the noun or word of quantity, as man by man.little by little: see little adj., pron., n., and adv. Phrases 2a(d).
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1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xiii. 11 And praye for þe, pol by pol, yf þow be pecunyous.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 144 Ouer long to be rehercid word bi word here.
c1450 (c1390) G. Chaucer Complaint of Venus 81 To folowe word by word the Curiosite of Graunson.
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vv I wyll..reken them one by one.
1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) iii. 15 They go downe two by two.
1709 Tatler No. 42. ⁋14 Draw out Company by Company, and Troop by Troop.
1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 43 A deadly silence step by step increased.
1830 Ld. Tennyson Poems 66 The thick snow falls on her flake by flake.
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man by man
e. man by man: each person in turn or in series.
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a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 77 (MED) And eueriche schal occupie þre foot of space in lengþe of þe raunge, man by man.
1517 R. Torkington Oldest Diarie Englysshe Trav. (1884) 23 Ther Screvener..wrytyng ower namys man by man.
1611 Bible (King James) Josh. vii. 14 The housholdes which the Lord shall take, shal come man by man . View more context for this quotation
1713 J. Addison Cato i. iii I've sounded my Numidians, man by man, And find 'em ripe for a revolt.
1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 176 And the greedy spear upswallowing Man by man, its gory food.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 549/1 The Macedonian army were suffered to pass man by man through his chamber to bid him farewell.
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