| 单词 | the force |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe force b. A body of police; the whole body of police on service in a town or district; often absol. the force = policemen collectively. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] police1798 police force1820 constabulary1837 the force1851 John Law1903 button1921 fuzz1929 law1929 Babylon1943 monaych1961 filth1967 heat1967 Bill1969 Old Bill1970 beast1978 blues and twos1985 dibble1990 po-po1994 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 16/1 One boy..vowed vengeance against a member of the force. 1861 M. E. Braddon Trail Serpent iv. vi. 226 I was nobody in the Gardenford force. 1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) vii. vi. 259 She will protect your tranquility better than a force of policemen. the force b. a force: a large number or quantity, a great deal. the force: ? the majority. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a great part or proportion > the greater part, the majority the more partOE the best part ofOE (the) more parta1350 (the) most parta1350 (the) most part alla1350 (the) most party1372 for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387 the better part ofa1393 the mo?a1400 most forcea1400 substancea1413 corsec1420 generalty?c1430 the greater partc1430 three quartersc1470 generalityc1485 the most feck1488 corpse1533 most1553 nine-tenths?1556 better half1566 generality?1570 pluralityc1570 body1574 the great body (of)1588 flush1592 three fourths1600 best1601 heap1609 gross1625 lump1709 bulk1711 majority1714 nineteen in twenty1730 balance1747 sweighta1800 heft1816 chief1841 the force1842 thick end1847 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 301 Her Maid with a force of crying..said her Master was dead. 1842 C. Sumner Let. 16 Sept. in S. Longfellow Life of H. W. Longfellow (1886) I. 414 The force of my acquaintance was among lawyers, judges, and politicians. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘There was a foorce o' folks’, great numbers were present. < as lemmas |
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