英语词汇“taller by a head”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) In expressions indicating relative height, esp. as compared to the height of a particular person or of people in general, as taller by a (also the) head, etc.Cf. also head and shoulders at Phrases 3o(a)(ii) and to make shorter by a head at Phrases 6a.

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the world > life > the body > bodily height > [noun] > measurement used in

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the world > life > the body > bodily height > [adjective]

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c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 333 Þe stif mon hym bifore stod vpon hyȝt, Herre þen ani in þe hous by þe hede & more.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings x. E Whan he stode amonge the people, he was hygher by the heade then all the people.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. i. 41 Thou art not so long by the head as honorificabilitudinitatibus.

?1624 T. Scott Vox Dei 5 A tall proper man, higher by the head then the common sort.

1663 A. Gray Great & Precious Promises vi. 139 That idol of self indulgence..is as Saul, the head higher then the rest of all your idols within you.

1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiii. 315 Near the head higher than most tall Men.

1751 Proc. Old Bailey 16 Oct. 314/1 The man..was a country looking, short punched person, about my height... Note, About the whole head shorter than Dixon.

1788 H. Repton Variety 36 My father was but five feet high, and he was taller by a head than me.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iii. 55 She stood Among her maidens, higher by the head.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 480 A is taller by a head than B.

1913 A. Blackwood Prisoner in Fairyland ix. 117 She towered above him by a head at least.

1991 J. Wolf Daughter of Red Deer i. iii. 32 The fact that he was a full head taller than she only exacerbated her temper.

2009 B. Mitchell tr. G. Grass Tin Drum iii. 432 I was nearly two heads shorter than Sister Gertrud.

单词	taller by a head
释义	> as lemmas taller by a (also the) head (a) In expressions indicating relative height, esp. as compared to the height of a particular person or of people in general, as taller by a (also the) head, etc.Cf. also head and shoulders at Phrases 3o(a)(ii) and to make shorter by a head at Phrases 6a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > [noun] > measurement used in headc1400 the world > life > the body > bodily height > [adjective] statureda1460 taller by a (also the) head1788 statural1968 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 333 Þe stif mon hym bifore stod vpon hyȝt, Herre þen ani in þe hous by þe hede & more. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings x. E Whan he stode amonge the people, he was hygher by the heade then all the people. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. i. 41 Thou art not so long by the head as honorificabilitudinitatibus. View more context for this quotation ?1624 T. Scott Vox Dei 5 A tall proper man, higher by the head then the common sort. 1663 A. Gray Great & Precious Promises vi. 139 That idol of self indulgence..is as Saul, the head higher then the rest of all your idols within you. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiii. 315 Near the head higher than most tall Men. 1751 Proc. Old Bailey 16 Oct. 314/1 The man..was a country looking, short punched person, about my height... Note, About the whole head shorter than Dixon. 1788 H. Repton Variety 36 My father was but five feet high, and he was taller by a head than me. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iii. 55 She stood Among her maidens, higher by the head. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 480 A is taller by a head than B. 1913 A. Blackwood Prisoner in Fairyland ix. 117 She towered above him by a head at least. 1991 J. Wolf Daughter of Red Deer i. iii. 32 The fact that he was a full head taller than she only exacerbated her temper. 2009 B. Mitchell tr. G. Grass Tin Drum iii. 432 I was nearly two heads shorter than Sister Gertrud. extracted from headn.¹ < as lemmas
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