| 单词 | no mean |
| 释义 | > as lemmasno mean —— 4. no mean ——: denoting something very good or noteworthy of its kind. Now used chiefly to express approval or admiration. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great > and remarkable outnumenc1225 whata1325 outnemea1400 excessive1477 superiora1500 supernatural?1537 supereminent?1563 extraordinary1572 no mean ——1580 metaphysical1589 superhumana1629 uncommon1700 unco1724 some1808 hellacious1847 helluva1905 (a) hang of a1941 1580 R. Parsons Brief Disc. f. 1v So was it no meane comforte..to consider..that their should be fownde in Ingland so many gentlemen..so precyse [etc.]. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. ii. 7 It is no meane [1623 smal] happines therfore to be seated in the meane. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Acts xxi. 39 A citizen of no meane citie. View more context for this quotation 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 208 Hence timely Running's no mean part Of conduct, in the Martial Art. 1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 589 The Roman Legions and great Cæsar found Our Fathers no mean Foes. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1743 I. 86 His correspondence with him, during many years, proves that he had no mean opinion of him. 1832 Biblical Repertory & Theol. Rev. Oct. 594 Four millions..of families may have farms in the West of no mean size. 1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) ii. xvii. 224 (note) Mr. Cox, himself no mean Rabbinical scholar, adds [etc.]. 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ More William (1924) viii. 131 Her capacity for cakes exceeded even William's, and his was no mean one. 1955 R. C. Hutchinson Stepmother xiii. 81 She herself was to witness helplessly the self-destruction of a creature of no mean inheritance. 1996 J. Doran Red Doran 81 He was Oxford educated and that was no mean thing at the time. < as lemmas |
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