| 单词 | no small |
| 释义 | > as lemmasno small c. no small: great, considerable, marked; much, a good deal of. Cf. no adj. 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > great (of quantity/amount) greata1325 no smalla1450 round1596 vengeance1602 main1609 vast1637 any1758 right smart1825 high-level1860 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > that is such in a high degree greatc1300 no smalla1450 spacious1600 immense1631 far gone1829 strong1897 a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 2932 (MED) No smal charche is the soules cure Of al a diocise. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. lv He tooke these newes as a matter of no small momente. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lij The plucking downe of Images, hath procured vs no smale displeasure. 1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events a j b This variety being no small attractive. ?1697 J. Lewis Mem. Duke of Glocester (1789) 49 To the no small joy of the Prince and Princess. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 171 He was so fiercely set on a mis-direction, as to give the girl no small alarms for fear of loosing a maiden-head she had not dreamt of. a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) II. xi. 217 It is no small impertinence to take hold of the attention of others. 1779 Mirror No. 62. 211 There, to my no small surprise, I found the Dean. 1843 T. B. Macaulay Ess. III. 552 There was..no small curiosity to know how he would acquit himself. 1886 Overland Monthly Feb. 190/1 A principle which..was likely to have no small influence on the future of musico-dramatic art. 1910 H. S. Johnson Williams on Service vi. 61 Now, for a young boy, the ranks harbor gins and pitfalls in no small number. 1997 Harper's Mag. Apr. 46/1 I took no small comfort in Winterrowd's mattress-tag analogy. < as lemmas |
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