单词 | proof plenty |
释义 | > as lemmasproof plenty a. as postmodifier: in abundance; in plentiful supply; in great numbers. Now frequently in proof plenty.Cf. sense and aplenty adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > specific following a noun plentya1382 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Esther i. 7 Wyn also, as it was worþi for þe kingys grete doyng, plente [a1425 L.V. plenteuouse; L. abundans] & cheef was sett. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 4811 (MED) Bot quen þai sagh þat corn plente, Bliþer men moght neuer be. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 5183 Make puruiaunce plentie..That may..comford our ost. a1586 (?a1513) W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 257 Fair claythis and gold plaintie. 1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. xvi. §7 The meanest handmaid..had infallible pledges plenty of his extraordinary calling. 1781 P. Beckford Thoughts on Hunting xxiii. 308 [Oxford toast] Hounds stout, and horses healthy, Earths well stopp'd, and foxes plenty. 1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 420 Who has conies plenty to dispose of cheap. 1844 E. B. Barrett Poems II. 181 What glory then for me In such a company?—Roses plenty, roses plenty, And one nightingale for twenty? 1904 H. R. Martin Tillie 47 I'm well fixed. I got money plenty. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake ii. 316 Besides proof plenty, over proof. 1998 Re: ISS Sabotage by Russian Renegades? in sci.space.policy (Usenet newsgroup) 16 Nov. I think the cold war is evidence plenty to show that the Russians will act in their national interest if it is in conflict with treaty. 2003 Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, W. Va.) (Nexis) 27 Sept. 2 h Anyone in attendance today at Movie Gallery Stadium will witness proof plenty of the veteran coach's claim. < as lemmas |
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