| 单词 | piece by piece |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspiece by piece a. piece by piece: one part after another in succession, little by little, gradually. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [phrase] > piecemeal by piecemealc1325 piece by piecea1500 piece and piecea1522 by lumps1576 in piecemeal1693 in piecemeals1715 (in or by) dribs and drabs1809 a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. Prol. 21 And pesse be pesse ay for to wryte. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 89v Then willd he all the Ladies limmes..To be vptaken, peece by peece. 1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia iii. 142 Peece by peece, they dropt vpon the ground. 1674 C. Cotton tr. B. de Montluc Commentaries ii. 88 Whoever will break a Peace..let him..make all the noise at one clap; for if he go piece by piece, he is certain to lose either a leg or a wing. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 65 Had the calm Weather held, I should have brought away the whole Ship Piece by Piece. 1786 T. Jefferson Let. 25 Jan. in Papers (1954) IX. 218 They are too feeble to hold them till our population can be sufficiently advanced to gain it from them peice by peice [sic]. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 175 Two men..then carried it [sc. blubber] piece by piece to a stage or platform erected by the side of the works. 1877 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 208 The great architect unrolls his drawings piece by piece. 1932 Extension Mag. Feb. 20/1 She was still smiling as she took the clothes out, piece by piece, and dropped them into the suds-filled washtub. 1994 E. L. Doctorow Waterworks 200 He was recomposing their lives piece by piece. < as lemmas |
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