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

c. Originally U.S. Frequently with capital initials. Usually with the. Modifying a numeral to designate a group of the specified number of people, things, nations, etc., which are the most important or influential within a particular field, as the big three, the big four, etc.In early use esp. in Big Four, designating the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St Louis Railway (frequently attributive).

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1882 St. Louis Globe-Democrat 10 Mar. 7/3 Heretofore the Wabash train..left Keokuk at 1 o'clock in the afternoon and connected with the Big 4 train from Chicago.

1886 Outing Nov. 156/1 The trial races..proved beyond a doubt that the Mayflower was the queen of the ‘big four’.

1913 N.Y. Evening Post 1 May 1/6 A head-on collision between a Big Four passenger train and a freight train.

1919 Illustr. London News 12 Apr. 523 (caption) A committee of world-peace: the ‘Big Four’ [sc. Clemenceau, Lloyd George, Orlando, and Wilson] and Marshal Foch.

1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 397/2 The resources of the ‘big five’ [sc. banks] were..very substantial.

1932 P. G. Wodehouse Louder & Funnier 283 The Big Four at Scotland Yard..hold a round-up of the novelists.

1945 Ann. Reg. 1944 314 A further ‘Big Three’ meeting which could concert policy on common problems.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 26 Toronto is already in the first line of orchestras after the big five in the United States.

1989 A. Aird 1990 Good Pub Guide Introd. 8 We'll keep a special eye on what happens in those areas where the stranglehold of the big six [sc. breweries] is particularly tight.

2003 Wanderlust Apr. 110/2 When you think about dangerous animals in the bush, you generally picture the Big Five—lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino.

单词	the big three
释义	> as lemmas the big three c. Originally U.S. Frequently with capital initials. Usually with the. Modifying a numeral to designate a group of the specified number of people, things, nations, etc., which are the most important or influential within a particular field, as the big three, the big four, etc.In early use esp. in Big Four, designating the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St Louis Railway (frequently attributive). ΚΠ 1882 St. Louis Globe-Democrat 10 Mar. 7/3 Heretofore the Wabash train..left Keokuk at 1 o'clock in the afternoon and connected with the Big 4 train from Chicago. 1886 Outing Nov. 156/1 The trial races..proved beyond a doubt that the Mayflower was the queen of the ‘big four’. 1913 N.Y. Evening Post 1 May 1/6 A head-on collision between a Big Four passenger train and a freight train. 1919 Illustr. London News 12 Apr. 523 (caption) A committee of world-peace: the ‘Big Four’ [sc. Clemenceau, Lloyd George, Orlando, and Wilson] and Marshal Foch. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 397/2 The resources of the ‘big five’ [sc. banks] were..very substantial. 1932 P. G. Wodehouse Louder & Funnier 283 The Big Four at Scotland Yard..hold a round-up of the novelists. 1945 Ann. Reg. 1944 314 A further ‘Big Three’ meeting which could concert policy on common problems. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 26 Toronto is already in the first line of orchestras after the big five in the United States. 1989 A. Aird 1990 Good Pub Guide Introd. 8 We'll keep a special eye on what happens in those areas where the stranglehold of the big six [sc. breweries] is particularly tight. 2003 Wanderlust Apr. 110/2 When you think about dangerous animals in the bush, you generally picture the Big Five—lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino. extracted from bigadj.adv. < as lemmas
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