| 单词 | of first rate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof (the) first rate 1. of (the) first rate. extracted from first raten.adj.adv. a. Of the highest of the rates (see rate n.1 12b) by which warships are distinguished according to size and equipment. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [adjective] > first-rate of first rate1650 capital1654 first rate1671 1650 W. Beech View of Englands Present Distempers Ep. to Rdr. A rich and plentifull Island, the Gallant ship (a ship of the first rate in Europe) the Common-Wealth of England cumbred now as well with tough and powder to preserve her from Water and Pyrats, as fraught with Riches for the Merchants and Islanders. 1666 London Gaz. No. 65/2 Twelve new Ships, all of the first Rate. 1776 N. Brit. Intelligencer 15 May 221/2 A little above Halifax there is a fine bason, in which upwards of 100 sail of men of war of the first rate can lie at anchor. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 47 Ere Folly..cut down her vessels of the first rate. 1866 Jrnl. Stat. Soc. London 29 40 The total annual cost of a vessel of war of the first rate is therefore 612,736 frs., or 20,635l. 1997 R. Woodman Hist. of Ship (2005) vi. 98 In the ‘Establishment of 1780’, warships carrying 100 guns were said to be of the First Rate. b. In extended use: of the highest class or degree of excellence. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] > very excellent or first-rate gildenc1225 prime1402 rare1483 grand1542 holy1599 pre-excelling1600 paregal1602 classic1604 of (the) first rate1650 solary1651 first rate1674 superb1720 tip-top1722 tip-top-gallant1730 swell1819 topping1822 of the first (also finest, best, etc.) water1826 No. 11829 brag1836 A11837 A No. 11838 number one1839 awful1843 bully1851 first class1852 class1867 champion1880 too1881 tipping1887 alpha plus1898 bonzer1898 grade A1911 gold star1917 world-ranking1921 five-star1936 too much1937 first line1938 vintage1939 supercolossal1947 top1953 alpha1958 fantabulous1959 beauty1963 supercool1965 world-class1967 primo1973 1650 W. Beech View of Englands Present Distempers 71 He hath made you Magistrates, and Magistrates of the first-rate in Europe, and can you beare the sword in vain? 1665 G. Mackenzie Moral Ess. 26 All these Heroes or Grandees who have governed Kingdoms, or were Favourites of the first rate to such as did govern them. 1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse i. 11 Now has he ruin'd his Estate to buy a Title, that he may be a Fool of the First Rate. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. iii. iii. 166 His natural Parts were not of the first Rate . View more context for this quotation 1810 Sporting Mag. 36 230 He having struggled hard with Crib and other boxers of first-rate. 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 406/1 The Lady Maria de Dolores chid him openly for coming so late, and two hundred and fifty eyes of the first rate, blue, brown, and black, thanked him for coming at all. 1954 J. Carswell Old Cause iii. 51 He had served twenty-three years, nearly a quarter of a century, in the Commons. Few politicians of the first rate before him had served longer. < as lemmas |
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