| 单词 | spot of bother |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspot of bother a. Chiefly with of. A small piece, amount, or quantity of something; a discrete portion, a drop, a bit. Also figurative with abstract nouns, as spot of bother, spot of trouble, etc.Now relatively uncommon in North American use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount speckc725 littleOE somethingc1200 lutewihtc1230 little whatc1384 ouncec1387 lap1393 smalla1400 modicumc1400 nekedc1400 spota1413 tinec1420 nieveful?a1425 handfulc1443 mouthful?c1450 smatchc1456 weec1480 quern1503 halfpennyworth1533 groatsworth1562 dram1566 shellful1578 trickle1580 snatch1592 sprinkling1594 fleck1598 snip1598 pittance1600 lick1603 fingerful1604 modicum1606 thimbleful1607 flash1614 dasha1616 pipa1616 pickle1629 drachm1635 cue1654 smack1693 starn1720 bit1753 kenning1787 minikin1787 tate1805 starnie1808 sprat1815 harl1821 skerrick1825 smallums1828 huckleberry1832 scrimp1840 thimble1841 smite1843 nattering1859 sensation1859 spurt1859 pauchlea1870 mention1891 sketch1894 sputterings1894 scrappet1901 titch1937 tad1940 skosh1959 smattering1973 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > small piece fingereOE snedec1000 seed?a1200 morselc1300 bittlock?a1400 farthingc1405 spota1413 lipetc1430 offe?1440 drewc1450 remnantc1450 parcel1483 crap1520 flakec1525 patch1528 spark1548 a piece1559 sparklec1570 inch1573 nibbling?1577 scantling1585 scrat1593 mincing1598 scantle1598 halfpenny1600 quantity1600 nip1606 kantch1608 bit1609 catch1613 scripa1617 snap1616 sippeta1625 crumblet1634 scute1635 scantleta1642 snattock1654 cantlet1700 tab1729 pallion1738 smallness1818 knobble1823 wisp1836 a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) v. l. 1815 Doun from þens faste he gan auyse This litel spot of erþe þat with þe se Enbraced is. c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 17137 For he lefft not of hir a spot That he ne hit hewe as flesch to pot. c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 108 (MED) Þe spirite..suffrith no maner of litil spotte of chaf to abide in the habitacion of þe herte. 1601 R. Hakluyt tr. A. Galvano Discov. World 18 The Island of S.Helena, being a small spot of land standing in the maine Ocean. 1662 H. Hibbert Body Divinity I. 284 The whole course of life is but..a little spot of time between two eternities. 1696 N. Tate & N. Brady New Version Psalms of David ciii. 208 As high as Heav'n its Arch extends, Above this little Spot of Clay. 1789 tr. Palladas in Epigrams from Greek 73 How measure you earth's boundaries, say, Yourself so small a spot of clay? 1800 W. Wordsworth Ruth in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads II. 107 As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds. 1850 G. Cupples Green Hand vii. 83/2 'Twas no use looking as yet for a spot of room. 1885 D. C. Murray Rainbow Gold I. i. ii. 42 A little spot of rum, William, with a squeeze of lemon in it. 1924 D. B. W. Lewis At Sign of Blue Moon 272 What about a spot of lunch? 1942 Rotarian Feb. 8/1 A spot of tea or coffee and some sweets go a long way with a tired fighting man. 1959 H. Hamilton Answer in Negative iv. 52 The police will be coming..to deal with a spot of trouble. 1979 D. Smith Cookery Course II. 445 Taste and season with salt and freshly-milled black pepper, a pinch of nutmeg, plus a spot more lemon juice. 2011 Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 22/4 A spot of bother with some rebels in Benghazi, a faint suggestion that his regime might be in trouble. < as lemmas |
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