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单词 not one foot of
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not one (or a) foot of
b. In various expressions with the sense ‘a very short distance or space; the least amount’. Frequently in negative constructions, as not one (or a) foot of. Also in †each foot: all the way (obsolete).In quot. OE in negative construction in phrase fōtes trem (not) a foot's length.
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the world > space > distance > [noun] > a short distance
wurpc950
stepc1000
footc1300
furlong wayc1384
stone-casta1387
straw brede14..
tinec1420
weec1420
field-breadth1535
field-broad1535
pair of butts1545
straw-breadth1577
stone's throw1581
way-bit?1589
space1609
piece1612
littlea1616
spirt1670
a spit and a stride1676
hair's breadth1706
rope's length1777
biscuit throw1796
a whoop and a holler1815
biscuit toss1836
biscuit cast1843
stone-shot1847
pieceway1886
stone-put1896
pitch-and-putt1925
pieceways1932
society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [adverb] > to the end of a journey
each footc1300
throughc1450
thorougha1475
OE Beowulf (2008) 2525 Nelle ic beorges weard oferfleon fotes trem.]
c1300 St. James Great (Laud) l. 221 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 40 (MED) I nelle anne fot fram him gon.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7524 Forth a fote ne moght he ga.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15391 Fra þan he ran him ilk fote, ne yode he noght þe pas.
a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) l. 520 (MED) To day, þat fleþe any fote, þe fende haue his soule.
a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 239 He durst goo no fote Lest they wold hyme sle.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. ii. 22 Ile starue ere ile rob a foote further. View more context for this quotation
1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 92 He doth renew his battery, and stands too't, And she Vyrago-like, yeelds not a foote.
1666 W. Sutherland Declar. in R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1721) I. App. xv. 102 If ye come one Foot further here, I shall rash my Pike through your Soul.
1714 J. Blanch Beaux Merchant iii. 45 If any Man stir a Foot farther, I will break his Head with a Bottle.
a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1772) V. ix. 194 He chose the Israelites, poor vagrants who had not a foot of ground of their own.
a1800 Lizie Lindsay in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1892) IV. viii. 265 Bonnie Lizie..a fit furder couldna win.
1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxxi. 682 There is not a foot of regular turnpike..in the entire Territory.
1923 Boys' Life Jan. 12/2 Not a foot of the Atchafalaya levee showed against the spring-green trees.
1970 New York 26 Oct. 46/2 Not one foot of public gallery space has been added since 1926.
2009 J. C. Nelson Remains Company D xiii. 222 From that point onward, the German army would gain not one foot more of French soil.
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