| 单词 | nigh on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnigh on e. nigh on (also nigh about, † nigh but, nigh on to, † nigh than, nigh upon).nigh on is now sometimes hyphenated. 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 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > closeness to accuracy > [adverb] much1560 nearly1594 muchwhat1619 nigh about1632 closely1682 roughly1768 close1833 approximatively1835 proximately1839 in the rough1841 approximately1845 along1852 nearbouta1857 in a sort of (sorta) way1868 in the (right) ballpark1945 grosso modo1952 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 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 149 Nigh about the same time it is obserued that Boniface the third begun his Empire. 1824 L. H. Sigourney Sketch of Connecticut viii. 112 They all go to the deestrict-school, more than ha-af o' the winter; though it's nigh upon two mild [sic] from the house. 1835 J. P. Kennedy Horse Shoe Robinson (1852) xxxviii. 415 You are the identical particular lady that I have rode nigh on to five hundred miles to see. 1839 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Feb. 206 My stars..if it has not cost the King nigh on tew hundred dollars to plough that 'ere piece. 1854 C. Dickens Hard Times i. xi. 86 I were one-and-twenty myseln; she were twenty nighbut. 1870 F. P. Verney Lettice Lisle x. 123 I'm nighabouts twice eighteen. 1887 S. Baring-Gould Gaverocks III. xlii. 10 It nigh on broke your dear mother's heart. 1904 R. Sabatini Tavern Knight ii Those broad lands that for nigh upon twenty years have been in usurping hands. 1953 E. Jones Sigmund Freud I. ix. 172 His father..was now nigh on seventy. 1996 Tokyo Weekender 5 Apr. 13/1 Nigh onto two years ago..Frau Broom and I decided to move into the country. 2002 Time Out N.Y. 19 Sept. 176/1 It has become nigh-on impossible for us to tell any of the nu-metal bands from one another. < as lemmas |
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