单词 | of a size |
释义 | > as lemmasof a (or one) size b. Preceded by of, or in later use with ellipse of this. of a (or one) size, of the same magnitude or dimensions. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [adverb] > of the same size of a (or one) size1470 of one (or a) scantling1551 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur v. viii. 173 Now arte thow better of a syse to dele with than thou were. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3815 Protheselus the pert kyng was of pure shap, Semely for sothe, & of Syse faire. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Exod. xxxvi. 9 The curtaines were all of one cise. [Also 1 Kings vi. 25.] 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 124 Of the Size royal, is that peece which shooteth a bullet from seuenteene pound waight vpward. 1657 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees (ed. 2) 63 Young trees of a smaler sise. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 108 Of different colours, figures, cizes. 1768 Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 490 The crystals of this salt were in general..more of a size, than those of the gooseberry. 1781 W. Cowper Let. 17 Dec. (1979) I. 561 Ours, Like some of nature's sweetest flowers, Rose from a seed of tiny size. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. v. 107 ‘Why don't you hit one of your size?’ said the boy. 1884 D. Pae Eustace 13 The two men were about a size. 1893 J. A. Hodges Elem. Photogr. 115 A frame the exact size of the window. < as lemmas |
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