| 单词 | the most part |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(the) most part (of) a. Modifying a noun which expresses a proportion of a whole. Now usually in (the) most part (of). In later use frequently denoting a comparatively larger proportion of a whole; ‘the greater or better part (of)’.In Old and early Middle English only modifying deal n.1; from the 14th cent. onwards chiefly modifying part n.1Occasionally (without the or of) forming adverbial phrases (cf. sense A. 3b). In quot. c1275 at sense A. 1 the adverbial accusative mesten dæl is used as a noun in the nominative. most end: especially (see quot. a1400: variant readings are namlikest and maste I traw); cf. most an end adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adjective] > constituting main or major part mosteOE muchc1225 main1579 major1593 gross1692 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adjective] > constituting main or major part > the greater part of mosteOE mostwhat?a1400 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) iii. xi. 81 On þæm [gefeohte] gefeol se mæsta dæl Mæcedonia duguðe. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 1116 On þisum ylcan geare..baernde eall þa maeste dæl of þa tuna. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 169 Scheome is þe measte [a1250 Nero meste; a1250 Titus maste] deal..of ure penitence. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 7864 Heom sælliche i-lomp, þæt mesten dæl com a lond. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 7582 (MED) Þe mestedel of heyemen, þat in engelond beþ, Beþ icome of þe normans. a1350 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 13 (MED) Þe meste part of þe lond bygon forte synge, ‘alas, ant weylawo!’ c1390 G. Chaucer Melibeus 2225 The mooste partie of that compaignye han scorned this olde wise man. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 14478 (MED) [The Jews] souȝten him to slone And moost ende for þat resoun Þat he vp reised lazaroun. 1423 Petition in Fenland Notes & Queries (1907–9) 7 307 (MED) The most parte of this londe is charged with the grete habondance of water that has falne. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 62 The moste parte of all the barownes..assayde all be rew. 1483 W. Caxton in tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 394/2 The moste parte of the peple of the cyte. 1532 in C. Innes Bk. Thanes Cawdor (1859) 155 The landis and barony of Schancar or the mast part thereof. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Q.iiv Power is most part impacient. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) Pref. to Rdr. The most part were of hir Maiesties most honourable priuie Counsell, and the reast seruing hir in verie good place. 1579 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 429 The most noumber shall have the choice and election. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 12 The most parte thought him to be some Monster-little-man. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 20 Blood-sucking Inquisitors, of which the most part were mine owne Country-men. 1667 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue (rev. ed.) I. i. iii. 36 Most part of the night we spent in Boozing, pecking rumly. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 2 I went and took a view of most part of Hungary. 1732 Ld. Hervey Let. 7 Sept. in Earl of Ilchester Ld. Hervey & Friends (1950) (modernized text) 139 He told her [sc. the Queen] he had had a perpetual cascade upwards and downwards most part of the time he had been there. 1794 J. Woodforde Diary 20 Oct. (1929) IV. 146 Busy most part of the Afternoon in making some Mead Wine. 1847 H. C. Watson Cybele Britannica I. 65 Plants of marshy ground, the roots of which are in water or wet ground most part of the year, or constantly. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Maist feck, the greater part. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 196 A moost paart goos abaout ha'f affter twelve. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 39 The most part of us were out on the heuchs, looking to seaward. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. VI. xxii. 93 Yester, great battle lost, nigh Verulamion! Wherein are fallen the most part of Easthost! 1972 Advocate-News (Barbados) 14 Dec. 1 Vehicular traffic was forced to ‘inch along’ for the most part of yesterday. 1990 EMBO Jrnl. 9 4184 (caption) Long (3) viruses, including most part of the G protein ectodomain, was amplified as illustrated at the top. (the) most part a. (the) most part: (a) the greatest or greater part, the majority, most; †(b) (as adv.) mostly, mainly, on the whole (obsolete). †(the) most part all: almost all (obsolete). (the) more part: the greater part, the majority (now rare). 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 a1350 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 13 Þe meste part of þe lond bygon forte synge, ‘Alas, ant weylawo!’ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 19049 A mon croked in þe palesy, And had ben moost part of his dayes [a1400 Vesp. mast all; a1400 Gött. mast all]. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 5381 Þe mest parte þere-of hij slowen. c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 230 The more part of thise, and in especiall of theym that dwell nygh vnto the waters side, be blak of coloure. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 772 The towne was than mooste parte all the houses covered with strawe. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xix. 32 The moare parte knewe not wherefore they were come togedder. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 166 [Mankynde] leuand maist part in all vice. 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course i. f. 13 They ride the most part, without sadles, spurs, or shoes on their horses. 1610 Acta Capit. Christ Church, Canterbury 17 July (MS.) To ymbarn in the Barnes..all or the more part of the tythe corne. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxiv. 150 Amongst such kind of collective Ideas, are to be counted most part of artificial Things. 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 48 Their Spendthrift Sons..have dipt most part of their Estates in Judgements, Bonds, and Warrents. 1711 J. Anderson Countrey-man's Let. to Curat 95 He goes Generally in Winter in good thick Rug, and in Summer most part in a Highland Plaid. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 21 Since pulpits fail, and sounding-boards reflect Most part an empty ineffectual sound. 1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece X. ii. lxxvi. 21 During most part of the Peloponnesian war, Cyprus became sensibly dishellenised. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 117 The more part of them perished by falling over the rocks. 1901 Dict. National Biogr. Suppl. II. 159/1 He entered the diplomatic service as attaché..in 1840, during most part of which year he was employed in Egypt. 1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 Oct. a 16/1 While individual exposures have, for the more part, been kept well below the regulatory limit..the collective dose has dramatically increased. 1990 EMBO Jrnl. 9 4184 (caption) Long (3) viruses, including most part of the G protein ectodomain, was amplified as illustrated at the top. < as lemmas |
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