单词 | not a whit |
释义 | > as lemmasnot a whit b. With negative expressed or implied, esp. in never a whit, not a whit: not at all, not in the least.Recorded earliest in no whit adv.For the negation expressed by devil, e.g. in quots. c1500, 1528, 1533, see devil n. Phrases 1e(b). ΚΠ c1450 (c1350) Alexander & Dindimus (Bodl.) (1929) l. 354 (MED) We no wante no wite of worldliche fode. c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 212 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 227 The deuyll have the whyt that he was forye [1798 sorye] therfore. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. d viiv I trowe thou arte a syngynge man?.. The devil of the whit that I can. 1533 J. Heywood Mery Play Iohan Iohan sig. A.i Thynke ye that she wyll amende yet. Nay by our lady the deuyll spede whyt. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 62 Some have to much some to lytyl & some never a wyt. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 713 It can shew scarce any whit of the ancient state it had. 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth iii. 60 Hauing sacked the Towne, they found not a whit of gold. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd xviii. 183 The divell awhit shall I be able to tell them. 1678 R. Barclay Apol. True Christian Divinity iv. §2. 97 We do not ascribe any whit of Adam's Guilt to Men. 1710 B. Hoadly Ans. Dr. Atterbury 23 in Orig. & Inst. Civil Govt. It is not one whit of more importance than to say that [etc.]. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Owl ii. ii Not a whit of thy tuwhoo, Thee to woo to thy tuwhit. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iii. 152 It was not their policy to destroy or to change one whit more than was absolutely necessary. 1874 C. E. Norton Let. 10 Jan. (1913) II. 29 No whit of faith in the good as good..has vanished from my soul. 1902 Monthly Rev. Sept. 163 Nor with waxing years had he abated of his duties a whit. 1924 B. S. Aldrich Mother Mason (1987) viii. 190 Hang onto your faith that these minor ups and downs make not a whit of difference with the great love you bear each other. 2012 Washington Times (Nexis) 3 Dec. b4 Well over the hill, he finds himself a bit creakier, perhaps a step slower, but not a whit less sharp. < as lemmas |
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