| 单词 | of pith and moment |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof (great) pith and moment 7. Importance, gravity, weight. Now chiefly in of (great) pith and moment.Usually with allusion to Shakespeare's use (see quot. a1616). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > gravity or seriousness peisec1425 poise1457 griefa1513 gravity1533 ponderosity1589 ponderance1600 pitha1616 seriousness1797 ponderation1873 gravitas1924 a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) iii. i. 88 Enterprizes of great pith [1604 pitch] and moment. 1624 W. Bedell Copies Certaine Lett. vi. 104 Neither is there any place..of speciall pith, that hath not beene obserued. 1776 J. Palmer Four Months Tour through France I. 158 You, who can enjoy the luxury of neat apartments and wholesome beds, must allow strollers to talk of those things, which are to them of greater pith and moment, than antiquities. 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxiv, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 213 I hae a secret to communicate—a secret o' some pith and moment. 1830 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers (1884) II. xv. 85 We have seen the scruples..of one..cabinet minister alter the whole course of enterprises of great pith and moment. 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 208/2 They appear in the session laws in close juxtaposition to matters of great pith and moment. 1991 M. Kilby Man at Sharp End (BNC) 238 Your father and I are talking matters of great pith and moment. < as lemmas |
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