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单词 the world over
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the world over
d. In the above senses often placed after its object, esp. when this is modified by all or the like (cf. through prep. 4b). Frequently in the world over.For the corresponding use in reference to time, as in ‘all the year over’, in which over may be explained adverbially, see sense A. 19b. Even in the present sense, in phrases such as ‘all the world over’, it is difficult to separate the preposition from the adverb when the associated verb admits of both transitive and intransitive construction: cf. ‘you may search London over (= London from end to end) before you find another like it’.
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c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 18 (MED) Alexsandire..aȝte euyn as his awyn all the werd ouire.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12498 All flasshet in a ffire the firmament ouer.
1546 J. Bale First Examinacyon A. Askewe sig. A1v That the truth theroff myght be knowne the worlde ouer.
a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. B3v I should be cald kill diuell all the parish ouer.
1657 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 164 Christ is risen, the usual Morning salutation this day, all the Church over.
1675 London Gaz. No. 1039/3 This inundation is almost general Holland over.
1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. ii. vii. 297 Six chaplains in ordinary: who should..preach the Gospel all the nation over.
1796 R. Burns Honest Man x. 4 Whan man, and man, the world o'er, Shall brothers be, and a' that.
1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds ii. 23 A test which holds good all the world over.
1864 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? II. vii. 57 You want a wife, and you couldn't do better if you searched all England over.
1927 Harper's Mag. Oct. 609/2 The usual attitude of the higher-up officials the country over in the matter of police crime.
1989 Spare Rib (BNC) Apr. This comment from the editors..spells out the dilemma for lesbians the whole world over.
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