英语词汇“on or upon the by”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. by the by (earlier by a by, on or upon the by): by a side way, on a side issue; as a matter of secondary or subsidiary importance, incidentally, casually, in passing. Obsolete or archaic. Also in predicative use or as complement (quasi-adj.): Off the main track, away from the point at issue, of secondary importance, incidental.

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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [phrase] > incidentally or by the way

by a by1615

on or upon the by1615

by the by?1710

1615 W. Hull Mirrour of Majestie 98 Not intentionally, but accidentally (as we say) vpon the bye.

1627 G. Hakewill Apologie Pref. sig. C5^v It led them to some other way, thwarting, and vpon the by, not directly.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. v. 377 They had something..in the favour of Friers, though brought in as by the by.

a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 85 Who ever he be that in adultery, Begets a child, he stealeth by a by.

a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 149 If he be ask'd, though but by chance, and on the by.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 35 All he does upon the By, She is not bound to justifie.

1720 J. Clarke Ess. Educ. Youth 67 Let it be done sparingly, and by the Bye.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xlvi. 299 [Chemists] hunt, perhaps, after chimeras..and find something really valuable by the bye.

1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 9 You are much upon the by, to bring in your Philologicall observations.1649 O. Cromwell Lett. 13 Aug. As for the pleasures of this life, and outward business, let that be upon the bye.1661 J. Stephens Hist. Disc. Procur. 67 Little else than a τὸ παρεργον a work by the by.1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 222 They would not make Religion a thing by the by.1831 W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. June 397 Tuition..lightly viewed and undertaken, as a matter of convenience, a business by the by.1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. iv. xxxvi. 240 All these matters were by the by.

单词	on or upon the by
释义	> as lemmas on or upon the by b. by the by (earlier by a by, on or upon the by): by a side way, on a side issue; as a matter of secondary or subsidiary importance, incidentally, casually, in passing. Obsolete or archaic. Also in predicative use or as complement (quasi-adj.): Off the main track, away from the point at issue, of secondary importance, incidental. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [phrase] > incidentally or by the way by a by1615 on or upon the by1615 by the by?1710 1615 W. Hull Mirrour of Majestie 98 Not intentionally, but accidentally (as we say) vpon the bye. 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie Pref. sig. C5^v It led them to some other way, thwarting, and vpon the by, not directly. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. v. 377 They had something..in the favour of Friers, though brought in as by the by. a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 85 Who ever he be that in adultery, Begets a child, he stealeth by a by. a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 149 If he be ask'd, though but by chance, and on the by. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 35 All he does upon the By, She is not bound to justifie. 1720 J. Clarke Ess. Educ. Youth 67 Let it be done sparingly, and by the Bye. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xlvi. 299 [Chemists] hunt, perhaps, after chimeras..and find something really valuable by the bye. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 9 You are much upon the by, to bring in your Philologicall observations.1649 O. Cromwell Lett. 13 Aug. As for the pleasures of this life, and outward business, let that be upon the bye.1661 J. Stephens Hist. Disc. Procur. 67 Little else than a τὸ παρεργον a work by the by.1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 222 They would not make Religion a thing by the by.1831 W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. June 397 Tuition..lightly viewed and undertaken, as a matter of convenience, a business by the by.1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. iv. xxxvi. 240 All these matters were by the by. extracted from byn.² < as lemmas
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