请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 number seven
释义

> as lemmas

number seven
a. The seventh of a set or series with numbered members, the one designated seven; a person or thing marked or distinguished by the number seven. Usually as number seven, or with specification, as book seven, chapter seven, etc. [Quot. ?a1450 probably shows comparable use of Latin in English context.]
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > seven > [noun] > group of seven > one bearing number seven
seven1535
?a1450 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (BL Add. 12056) (1894) 4 Cap. vii of lepre, & of knowlechynge of leprys Man.]
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. (table of contents) Chap. vii.
1701 tr. F. Burgersdijck Introd. Art Logick xvii. 59 The first of these [Conditions of the Transient Cause] is precepted, Book 7. Physics, Cap. 3.
1830 F. Marryat King's Own III. i. 14 ‘Had not I better get a piece of duck for that?’ ‘No, no—number seven [sc. canvas] will do as well.’
1913 W. E. Kellicott Textbk. Gen. Embryol. iii. 92 As regards the nature of the organization, or promorphological relations, of the egg, two views have been taken and will be discussed in Chapter VII.
1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 10 Feb. 24/1 The dark-haired Darling Point girl who was seven in the queue (I was six) rolled into a more comfortable position on the pavement.
2003 Liverpool Echo (Nexis) 5 June 20 His single, Husan, is number seven in the charts.
extracted from sevenadj.n.
number seven
b. Rowing. More fully number seven. In an eight-oared boat: the rower occupying the seat behind the stroke (stroke n.1 13d).
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > [noun] > types of rowing race > oarsman
seven1870
trial eight1873
sweep-swinger1949
society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > rower or oarsman > crew of 4- or 8-oared boat > one of
eight-man1600
seven1870
1870 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 22 Mar. The crew of each boat is now made up as follows: Oxford—Mirrebans, bow; Lewis, two; Baker, three;..Benson, seven.
1912 Times 18 Mar. 15/1 No. 5 is still not long enough to help transmit to the rest of the crew the length set them by stroke and No. 7.
2016 N. McCrery Extinguished Flame 165 Now president of the Oxford Rowing Club he rowed number seven and was at last in the winning eight.
extracted from sevenadj.n.
number seven
8. A size or measurement denoted by seven; an object or item of clothing, esp. a shoe, of such a size. Also in number seven, size seven.
ΚΠ
1836 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 26 Dec. Fifty pair of Men's Shoes..five pair of nines, nine pair of eights, nine pair of sevens.
1888 Outing: Fishing Excerpts 3 332/2 In regard to hooks, opinions vary; some anglers use them as small as number sevens.
1937 H. Jennings et al. May 12th Mass-observ. Day-surveys (1987) ii. 385 I explained to the hat salesman that I wanted something brown, size about 7.
2016 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 9 Jan. 8 I take size five shoes but have been sent hobbling down the catwalk in size sevens, far too big and taped on.
extracted from sevenadj.n.
<
as lemmas
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 8:21:18