| 单词 | of the best |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof the best d. of the best. extracted from bestadj.n.1adv. (a) Of the best quality or sort. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [adjective] highestOE bestOE firstlOE greatest?c1225 of the besta1350 premiera1500 paramount1530 supremec1550 supreme1571 primer1589 top1647 nulli secundus1742 bestest1751 first class1819 beatemest1831 par excellence1839 première1844 first rate1853 beatenest1860 blue ribbon1860 optimum1885 optimal1890 class A1906 all-star1908 grade A1911 five-star1931 mostest1936 tip-topmost1937 the end1950 the most1953 a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 34 Wymmon war ant wys, of prude hue bereþ þe pris, Burde on of þe best. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1200 (MED) Þe oþer were lordes of þat lond, lelly of þe best. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 183 Ten sergeanz of þe best his targe gan him bere. c1475 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 26 Boke-lornut byrnus, and bischoppus of the beste. a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. D.ii And dame Elynour entrete To byrle them of the best. 1534 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 185 Itm̃ ix cusshions of the best wherof..be backyd wt̃ red lether. 1593 in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 338 I geue To my Doteter Anes mertimer..A beare in chete [prob. = bearing sheet] of the beste. 1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. F3 Here's Ruffpeck and Casson, and all of the best. 1699 Ld. Belhaven Countrey-mans Rudim. 7 I shall advise such as sow Wheat & whose Ground is of the best. 1764 J. Stewart Let. 17 May in S. K. Stevens & D. H. Kent Papers Henry Bouquet (1942) Ser. 21650 Pt. I. 142 We are almost out of every necessary, except the King's Bounty, and that non of the best. 1828 T. C. Croker Fairy Legends & Trad. S. Ireland II. 318 After a supper which was of the best, they embarked. 1900 Daily News 12 May 6/5 China silks..look meagre and papery except when they are of the best. 1995 E. Adler Secret of Villa Mimosa 99 Everything is of the best, mam'selle, as you can see. (b) colloquial. With preceding numeral. (i) A specified number of pounds or dollars. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > [phrase] of the best1911 1911 E. Wallace Sanders of River v. 103 I wouldn't take a half-share of the trouble he's going to find for five hundred of the best. 1920 P. G. Wodehouse Let. 28 Feb. in Perf. Flea (1953) 15 Heaven knows what a women's magazine wants with my sort of stuff, but they are giving me fifteen thousand of the best for it. 1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song ii. xii. 204 The walrus put down five thousand of the best. (ii) Chiefly British. A specified number of blows administered with a cane or other instrument as punishment. Frequently in six of the best (cf. sixer n. 2d). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating > instance of threshingOE fustigation1428 breeching1520 trouncingc1550 bace1575 firking1594 belting1602 knave's grease1602 oil of baston1604 oil of birch1604 oil of hazel1604 oil of holly1604 oil of whip1604 lamb-pie1607 lamming1611 drubbing1650 vapulation1656 warming1681 floggation1688 working over1695 cullis1719 thrashing1720 halberd1756 licking1756 dressing1769 leathering1790 nointing1794 dusting1799 teasing1807 hiding1809 whopping1812 thrumming1823 toco1823 flaking1829 teaser1832 lathering1835 welting1840 pasting1851 towelling1851 whaling1852 hickory oil1855 swishing1859 slating1860 going-over1881 six of the best1912 belt beating1928 ass-kicking1943 stomping1958 seeing to1968 butt-kicking1970 1912 ‘Saki’ Unbearable Bassington ii. 29 You'll get six of the very best, over the back of a chair. 1923 R. Kipling Land & Sea Tales 110 I got nine cuts of the best from the Senior Sub for occupying the bathroom ten seconds too long. 1929 P. G. Wodehouse Mr. Mulliner Speaking ix. 297 He was..an officious little devil who needed six of the best with a fives-bat. 1958 ‘A. Pearson’ Whipping Club iii. 49 Down with your trousers, Bill. Ten of the best. 1989 W. Soyinka Ìsarà iv. 118 Akinyode gave him, as he was fond of putting it, ‘twelve of the best’, then sent him back to class to complete his interrupted papers. 2012 Independent 18 Feb. 19/3 In his day, it was six of the best from the headmaster. (c) colloquial. one of the best: a good or upstanding person. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [noun] > good person bricka1845 my tulip1847 honey1848 a (bad, good, etc.) sortc1869 rattler1886 toff1898 one of the best1917 goody1934 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 238 The brigades are directed by the General-Officer-Commanding.., one of the best, who treats us like brothers. 1959 Listener 22 Jan. 155/1 Harry Truman was one of the best. 2011 A. Kizer Wildcat Fireflies 236 My condolences. He was a good man. One of the best. < as lemmas |
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