单词 | be-all |
释义 | be-alln. That which is or constitutes the whole; the whole being: a Shakespearean phrase in common modern use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [noun] everydeala1300 universityc1384 universal?c1400 the whole ofc1450 alpha and omega1526 entire1597 be-alla1616 all1619 totalitya1631 all-hood1722 entirety1856 totalnessc1864 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vii. 5 That but this blow Might be the be all, and the end all. View more context for this quotation 1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Jan. 166 This is the end-all and be-all of the anti-liberals' piety. 1854 E. Neale Min. Canon ii. 30 With whom money was the ‘be-all and end-all of existence.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1616 |
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