| 单词 | thick and threefold |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthick and threefold thick and threefold adj. (see thick adv. 6c). thick and threefold 6. Phrases. to lay it on thick: see 1c. thick and fast: see 3. thick and threefold adv. (n., adj.) phr. extracted from thickadv. a. In large numbers; in quick succession; with rapid iteration. archaic and dialect. ΚΠ 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxxxvj When mo newe Testamentes were Imprinted, thei came thicke and threfold into Englande. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxxxiiij There dwell deuylles thycke and threfolde. a1592 R. Greene Comicall Hist. Alphonsus (1599) i. sig. A4 How that such clients clustred to thy Court By thick and threefold. 1614 J. Day Dyall 218 Our Antipodes of Rome that so much boast of the Fathers, and how they are theirs thicke and threefold. 1711 tr. S. Werenfels Disc. Logomachys 3 Scoffs and Reproaches come thick and threefold. 1872 A. De Morgan Budget of Paradoxes 163 A..writer..who threw aspersions on his opponents thick and threefold. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impetuosity > [adverb] impetuously1485 in flagrant blood1614 thick and threefold1627 head-foremost1697 hot-headedly1777 head first1839 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. 295 So thicke and threefold he falles vpon his deuotion. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [adjective] commona1325 ofta1382 yedera1400 oftena1450 thick?c1450 repeated1577 obvious1586 crebrousc1600 frequent1604 thick and threefold1615 oftentime1876 oft-time1895 1615 J. Day Festivals 302 The Commendations given Anna here are thicke and threefold. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 242 This thick and threefold companionship with [the] birch was not the only rub. < as lemmas |
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