| 单词 | thick on the ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthick on the ground a. Of the individual things collectively: Existing or occurring in large numbers in a relatively small space, or at short intervals; densely arranged, crowded; hence, numerous, abundant, plentiful. (Usually predicative, rarely attributive) Also in colloquial phrase thick on the ground: (chiefly of persons) numerous, abundant; closely concentrated or crowded. Cf. thin adj. 2e. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > crowded together thickc893 throngc1450 frequented1578 thwackeda1670 crowded1725 serried1834 the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adjective] > abundant, numerous so manyc888 thickc893 muchc1225 rifec1275 stourc1275 unridec1300 copiousc1384 plentya1400 rivedc1400 numerable?a1425 numerous?a1475 many a several1543 rank1545 numberous1566 huge1570 multuous1586 multeous1589 numberful1594 numberable1596 numbery1606 numbersomea1617 multitudinousa1631 sand-like1630 voluminous1650 several1712 smart1750 powerful1800 multitudinarious1810 multitudinary1838 the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > crowded thickc893 replete?a1475 frequentc1540 throng1557 thicky1587 thronged1605 celebrious1611 crowded1612 stiff1683 swarming1810 multitudinous1820 throngful1830 dense1842 swarmy1858 teeminga1873 swarmed1885 mobbed1898 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [adjective] > densely packed thickc893 thick-set?a1366 rankc1450 compact1563 thronged1581 thickened?1611 close1654 dense1776 tight1942 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > in abundance [phrase] in wonea1300 by (or with) large metc1300 in plentya1382 in (the most, etc.) substantious manner1533 at fouth1535 in (great, good) store1600 thick on the ground1893 in spades1929 a-go-go1961 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. i. §9 Heo gedeð mid þæm flode swiþe þicce eorþwæstmas on Ægypta lande. c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 12 Hooly freres..As thikke as motes in the sonne beem. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxiv. 152 Gude tounes er þare so thikk þat [etc.]. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6626 He segh þe troiens so tore, & turnyt so þik, All pyght in a place on a playn feld. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxxxvj Rotman..running amonges his ennemies where they were thickest was slayne. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 302 His Legions..Thick as Autumnal Leaves that strow the Brooks In Vallombrosa. View more context for this quotation c1720 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture III. xvii. 30 Thick columns..distant from each other..at the most two diameters. 1818 M. M. Sherwood Stories Ch. Catech. (ed. 4) xxxvi. 266 We are pretty thick..in this berth. 1835 R. Browning Paracelsus v. 174 Lay me..within some narrow grave..But where such graves are thickest. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 629 Among the thick graves of unquiet and aspiring statesmen, lie more delicate sufferers. 1893 J. Salisbury Gloss. Words S.E. Worcs. (at cited word) Thick on the ground = crowded. 1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast xii. 218 I see you're some kind of general. They're pretty thick on the ground here. 1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo viii. 133 Where animals are thick on the ground as with the herds, often three hundred strong, of topi [etc.]. 1978 ‘E. Peters’ Rainbow's End i. 24 Willing workers are not so thick on the ground these days. < as lemmas |
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