| 单词 | near and dear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnear and dear b. nearest and dearest: very closely related or intimate; occasionally also near and dear. Now frequently as n.: one's closest relatives and friends considered together (with plural agreement). Cf. near adv.2 8, 17. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > love between kinsmen > closest or most beloved relatives and friends nearest and dearest1598 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > relations or kindred > [noun] > close relations one's (own) fleshc1000 flesh and blood1393 nearest and dearest1598 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. ii. 123 Why Harry do I tell thee of my foes, Which art my nearest and dearest enemy? View more context for this quotation 1610 J. Chamberlain Let. 23 Jan. (1939) I. 296 The neerest and deerest frends he hath know not what to guesse of this humor. 1654 R. Loveday tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Hymen's Præludia: 2nd Pt. ii. 124 The nearest and dearest friends I had. 1781 G. Crabbe Let. Feb.–Mar. in Sel. Lett. & Jrnls. (1985) i. 5 My Existence is a Pain to me, & every one near & dear to me are distress'd in my Distresses. 1781 T. Pasley Jrnl. 13 Mar. in Private Sea Jrnls. (1931) 123 Early I bid adieu to my nearest and dearest connections. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 324 This is what I little expected to have seen of you, that ye suld give rein to your sinful passions against your nearest and your dearest. 1822 T. Creevey Let. 23 Dec. in J. Gore Creevey Papers (1963) xi. 186 Brougham arrived here on Saturday, on his way..to his nearest and dearest. 1839 C. Dickens Let. 21 Jan. (1965) I. 493 For those who are nearest and dearest to me I can realise little more than a genteel subsistence. 1926 F. M. Ford Man could stand Up i. ii. 38 Look how you let in your nearest and dearest—those who have to sympathise with you. 1959 J. Burke Echo of Barbara ix. 92 One never does know much about one's nearest and dearest. 1975 ‘C. Aird’ Slight Mourning iv. 42 It's always family or friends who do you in... Nearest and dearest, that's who it'll be. 1988 M. Moorcock Mother London ii. 121 Black is for one's nearest and dearest. near and dear 8. Closely connected by kinship or friendship. Esp. in near akin at Phrases; similarly near of kin (cf. akin adj., kin n.1 Phrases 2). Also in near and dear (cf. sense 17, and near adj. 1, 8). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [adverb] > closely connected by kinship or intimacy near and dear?c1450 near1491 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adverb] > closely nighOE near and dear?c1450 near1491 nearly1561 1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 22 Preamble They be ner of kyn. a1500 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Adv.) in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Visions of Tundale (1843) 102 His son schall..hys place to occupye Or ellis won that wer ner next of alye. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 420 He was so neere of the blood of king Richard. 1621 G. Hakewill King David's Vow 265 Though he were..never so neare and deare,..away hee must. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 55 The Turks never Marry their Kinswomen, if they be nearer than eight Generations inclusively. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. xiv. 219 The uncle is certainly nearer of kin to the common stock, by one degree, than the nephew. 1826 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1155 In company with one ‘near and dear’. near and dear 17. Closely related to one by kinship or some other connection, esp. in near and dear. Cf. sense 3 and near adj. 1, 8. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [adverb] > closely connected by kinship or intimacy near and dear?c1450 near1491 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adverb] > closely nighOE near and dear?c1450 near1491 nearly1561 the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly nigheOE well-nigheOE forneanc1000 well-nearc1175 almostc1261 nighwhatc1300 nearhandc1350 nigh handa1375 nigh handsa1375 as good asc1390 into (right) littlea1413 unto litea1420 nigh byc1430 nearbyc1485 near handsa1500 as near as1517 mosta1538 next door1542 wellmost1548 all but1590 anewst1590 uneath1590 next to1611 nearlya1616 thereaboutsa1616 welly1615 thereabout1664 within (an) ames-ace ofa1670 anear1675 pretty much1682 three parts1711 newsta1728 only not1779 partly1781 in all but name1824 just about1836 nentes1854 near1855 nar1859 just1860 not-quite1870 nearabouta1878 effectively1884 nigh on1887 ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 7510 Walchere..was þe first seculere Þat was bischop to cuthbert nere. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xii. 57 He is moste neere and moste deere vnto me. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 61 In this dangerous age, since every man is neerest, and onely neere unto himselfe. 1660 J. Gauden Mem. Bp. Brounrigg 241 Our inward garment, that should be nearer and dearer to us than our skins. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 126. ¶2 With the Hazard of all that is near and dear to us. 1746 E. Haywood Female Spectator No. 22 (1748) IV. 197 Those persons so near and dear to him. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ix, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 267 I bless God that I can think of it, even in the rack and ruin of a' that's nearest and dearest to me. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 230 Many of them near in blood and affection to the defenders of Londonderry. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 347 They are all of one opinion about what is near and dear to them. 1922 C. E. Mulford Tex xi. 156 He glowed with pride as he realised that he, perhaps, was nearer to Tex Jones than any man in town. 1951 R. Harling Paper Palace (1952) 127 She talked as any woman talks about that old, old subject nearest and dearest to herself. 1989 R. Hitchcock Fighting Cancer 87 The people can be, and often are, both near and very dear to me. < as lemmas |
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