单词 | to be at a word |
释义 | > as lemmasto be at a (also one) word ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > be concise or brief [verb (intransitive)] to be at a (also one) wordOE to make short1556 to be brief1588 abbreviate1596 to cut short1691 to cut (also make) a long story short1732 to make short of long1883 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] > in short at a (also one) wordOE at few wordsOE shortly1303 in short wordsc1380 oncec1384 in short and plainc1386 in sum?a1425 at short wordsa1450 at short1513 briefly?1521 in a word1522 in one word1522 with a word1522 summa1535 to be short1544 in (the) fine1545 in few1550 summarily1567 in a sum1574 in shorta1577 in brief1609 briefa1616 in a little1623 tout court1747 sans phrase1808 in a nutshell1822 in nuce1854 OE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Corpus Oxf.) iii. xiv. 206 Swa swa ic nu æt feawum wordum secge, be þon þe þa sædon þe hine cuþon. c1330 Gregorius (Auch.) (1914) l. 962 A Cardinal spac þer among, And seyd schortliche att wordes þre. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales (Hengwrt) (2003) Thopas-Melibeus link l. 11 Pleynly at o word Thy drasty rymyng is nat worth a tord. a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) l. 2813 in K. Brunner Mittelengl. Vers-roman über Richard Löwenherz (1913) 235 The Sarezynes..comen afftyr ffaste fflyngyng, At schorte wurdes a gret route. a1475 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Harl.) (1927) l. 1808a Alisaunder dyed, at worddis short. 1483 Vulgaria abs Terencio (T. Rood & T. Hunte) sig. nijv Tell me att oon word [L. vno verbo] what thou woldist wyth me. 1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 205 All goodnesse (to speake at a worde) goeth awaie. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxxj v He wrote to themperour..repeting the whole action at few words. 1579 A. Fleming tr. Synesius Paradoxe sig. d.iij To be at a worde, such as so deintilie doe dresse their crisped skonse: what are they but effeminate fellowes..and hucksters of their owne honestie. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 104 Vrsula I know you well enough, you are signior Anthonio. Antho. At a word I am not. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 294 Go to, I haue spoke at a word, God keep you. View more context for this quotation 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 104 At a word, all [names] which in English had Of set before them,..and all which in Latine..have had De præfixed,..were borrowed from places. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iii. 14 I am at a word: follow. View more context for this quotation 1694 W. Penn Brief Acct. Rise Quakers ii. 45 They were at a Word in Dealing: Nor could their customers many Words tempt them from it. 1780 S. J. Pratt Emma Corbett I. i. 1 To be at a word, will you render it possible for me to call you my son? a1845 Lady Nairne Caller Herrin' in Lays from Strathearn (1846) i. 6 At ae word be in ye're dealin'. 1846 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 31 Jan. 74/2 To be at a word with you, doctor, we must either tear open or tear down your house, or get him; for get him we will! 1857 T. Martin tr. A. G. Oehlenschläger Aladdin ii. 50 I've no skill in chaffering... Say, at a word, how much you'll let me have, And I will trust you for your honest looks. < as lemmas |
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