英语词汇“much about”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P1. much about: very nearly, almost exactly; very near. Now rare.about here is used chiefly as a preposition, but occasionally as an adverb: cf. Branches A. III., B. III.

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1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 248^v The thousande pieces wer muche about the summe of twentie nobles sterlynges.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 23 Thomas the Earle of Surrey and himselfe, Much about cockshut time..Went through the army cheering vp the soldiors.

1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow sig. F2^v His life is for ease and leisure much about gentleman-like.

1698 tr. L. Hennepin New Discov. in Amer. xxxv. 141 The Miamis arriv'd much about that time.

1713 W. Taverner Female Advocates iv. ii. 46 Sir Charles Transfer and her Ladyship will be made one, in—let me see, how long—'Sdeath, I believe it is much about done already.

1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man iii. 41 He's much about my size and figure.

1817 J. Austen Let. 25 Mar. (1995) 337 She expects much about this day three weeks, & is generally very exact.

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. ii. 21 ‘That makes it worse.’ ‘You think so?’ returned Mr Wemmick. ‘Much about the same, I should say.’

1910 A. Bennett Clayhanger in Clayhanger Family (1925) iii. i. 325 ‘Oh!’ he answered soothingly, and yet with condescension, ‘it's much about what everybody expected.’

2000 Statesman (India) (Nexis) 27 Dec. The texture of the paper on which the journal appears is also much about the same as a Bank of England note.

单词	much about
释义	> as lemmas much about P1. much about: very nearly, almost exactly; very near. Now rare.about here is used chiefly as a preposition, but occasionally as an adverb: cf. Branches A. III., B. III. ΚΠ 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 248^v The thousande pieces wer muche about the summe of twentie nobles sterlynges. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 23 Thomas the Earle of Surrey and himselfe, Much about cockshut time..Went through the army cheering vp the soldiors. View more context for this quotation 1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow sig. F2^v His life is for ease and leisure much about gentleman-like. 1698 tr. L. Hennepin New Discov. in Amer. xxxv. 141 The Miamis arriv'd much about that time. 1713 W. Taverner Female Advocates iv. ii. 46 Sir Charles Transfer and her Ladyship will be made one, in—let me see, how long—'Sdeath, I believe it is much about done already. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man iii. 41 He's much about my size and figure. 1817 J. Austen Let. 25 Mar. (1995) 337 She expects much about this day three weeks, & is generally very exact. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. ii. 21 ‘That makes it worse.’ ‘You think so?’ returned Mr Wemmick. ‘Much about the same, I should say.’ 1910 A. Bennett Clayhanger in Clayhanger Family (1925) iii. i. 325 ‘Oh!’ he answered soothingly, and yet with condescension, ‘it's much about what everybody expected.’ 2000 Statesman (India) (Nexis) 27 Dec. The texture of the paper on which the journal appears is also much about the same as a Bank of England note. extracted from aboutadv.prep.¹adj.int. < as lemmas
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