英语词汇“the short and the long”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. the short: the total, the result, upshot; a brief summing up of something which has been previously explained in full. Now only dialect, except in the short and the long: the sum total, substance, upshot (cf. the long and (the) short of (it, etc.) at long adj.¹ and n.¹ Phrases 4b.) †short is: ‘to speak briefly’, ‘the short of the matter is’. [With the short and the long compare Middle French le court et le lonc (1345; French le court et le long).]

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the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > consequently or as a result [phrase] > sum total or upshot

the shorta1500

summa summarum1567

the sum of sums1592

the long and the short of1622

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > the short of the matter is [verb]

short isa1500

a1500 Merchant & Son l. 46 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 135 Thys ys the schorte and longe.

a1586 Answer to Cartwright 2 This is the short of M. Harrisons longer discourse.

1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde sig. F3^v This is the short & the long, and the somme of all.

1607 S. Collins Serm. Paules-Crosse 81 The short of it is, my deere brethren, though the Papists bee troublesome, yet the Puritans must not looke to goe vncontrolled.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. i. 126 There's the short and the long .

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. xxxix. 254 The short and the long was this.

1642 J. Eaton Honey-combe Free Justific. 245 Whereof riseth such a necessity of beleeving..that Christ maketh this the short and long of all.

a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV cccxliii, in Poems (1878) IV. 86 Short is: the Sheriffe of Yorkeshire by his Power Attach't the Earle if it may be exprest Soe, to his Office.

1674 Govt. Tongue viii. 147 The short is, wherever this game is plaied there is alwaies a fool in the case.

1694 J. Norris Refl. Ess. Human Understanding 51 The short of Mr. Lock's reasoning in that part is this [which follows].

1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. i. v. 26 The short and the long of it is, you had better have your daughter ill married than well debauched.

a1761 W. Law Comfort Weary Pilgrim (1809) 75 The short is this: the kingdom of self is the fall of man.

1777 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XI. 398 The short of the matter is this.

1804 M. Cutler Let. 13 Feb. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 162 This is the short of the story.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxxv. 294 The short and the long of it, is, that [etc.].

1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. v. 165 The short on it's this.

单词	the short and the long
释义	> as lemmas the short and the long 2. the short: the total, the result, upshot; a brief summing up of something which has been previously explained in full. Now only dialect, except in the short and the long: the sum total, substance, upshot (cf. the long and (the) short of (it, etc.) at long adj.¹ and n.¹ Phrases 4b.) †short is: ‘to speak briefly’, ‘the short of the matter is’. [With the short and the long compare Middle French le court et le lonc (1345; French le court et le long).] ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > consequently or as a result [phrase] > sum total or upshot the shorta1500 summa summarum1567 the sum of sums1592 the long and the short of1622 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > the short of the matter is [verb] short isa1500 a1500 Merchant & Son l. 46 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 135 Thys ys the schorte and longe. a1586 Answer to Cartwright 2 This is the short of M. Harrisons longer discourse. 1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde sig. F3^v This is the short & the long, and the somme of all. 1607 S. Collins Serm. Paules-Crosse 81 The short of it is, my deere brethren, though the Papists bee troublesome, yet the Puritans must not looke to goe vncontrolled. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. i. 126 There's the short and the long . View more context for this quotation 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. xxxix. 254 The short and the long was this. 1642 J. Eaton Honey-combe Free Justific. 245 Whereof riseth such a necessity of beleeving..that Christ maketh this the short and long of all. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV cccxliii, in Poems (1878) IV. 86 Short is: the Sheriffe of Yorkeshire by his Power Attach't the Earle if it may be exprest Soe, to his Office. 1674 Govt. Tongue viii. 147 The short is, wherever this game is plaied there is alwaies a fool in the case. 1694 J. Norris Refl. Ess. Human Understanding 51 The short of Mr. Lock's reasoning in that part is this [which follows]. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. i. v. 26 The short and the long of it is, you had better have your daughter ill married than well debauched. a1761 W. Law Comfort Weary Pilgrim (1809) 75 The short is this: the kingdom of self is the fall of man. 1777 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XI. 398 The short of the matter is this. 1804 M. Cutler Let. 13 Feb. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 162 This is the short of the story. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxxv. 294 The short and the long of it, is, that [etc.]. 1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. v. 165 The short on it's this. extracted from shortadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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