| 单词 | near on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnear on (also †upon) c. near on (also †upon): nearly, nigh on (chiefly as in sense 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > approximately (an amount) [phrase] > nearly (an amount) nigh thana1200 on (also upon) the point ofc1300 nearhandc1350 nigh byc1430 nearbyc1485 nigh hand1548 fast upon1583 nigh upon1632 near on (also upon)1651 nothing short of1838 nigh but1854 1651 Perfect Diurnall No. 96. 1356 We have shipped here from Bristol neere upon 1000 prisoners already. 1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 222 He said near upon as big as Mr. Dodwell's Book. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 18/1 I am near upon eighty years of age. 1865 Athenæum No. 1944. 121/3 Near upon thirty servants. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xiv. 128 I had left the shore at Queensferry with near on fifty pounds. 1960 H. Pinter Caretaker 20 Oh, must be—it was in the war—must be—about near on fifteen year ago. 1992 R. Kenan Let Dead bury their Dead i. 4 They were already perturbed, understandably, over the child since, at near on three years, he hadn't yet said a blessed word. < as lemmas |
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