| 单词 | to a man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto a man j. to a man: without exception; including every person. ΚΠ 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. 224 They might haue had the killing of all his army to a man. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 444. ¶1 The ordinary Quack-Doctors..are to a Man Impostors. 1764 Ann. Reg. 1763 159 The soldiers,..immediately after roll calling,..assembled to a man. 1838 E. Flagg Far West I. 20 The former dwellers in Kentucky..were exterminated to a man. 1894 S. Baring-Gould Deserts S. France II. 228 He cut them down almost to a man. 1958 M. L. King Stride toward Freedom iv. 64 At the words ‘All in favor of the motion stand’, every person to a man stood up. 1990 Gay Times Dec. 11/1 To a man, they went on about how George was ‘unique’. to a man a. Indicating a limit or point attained in degree or amount, or in division or analysis, and thus expressing degree of completeness or exactitude: As far as; to the point of; down to (an ultimate element or item), as in to a hair (hair n. Phrases 3), to the last man; to a man (including every man, without exception); within (a limit of variation or error), as to an inch, to a day. (See also quots. s.v. down adv. 18a.) ΚΠ c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xx. 42 Heo wel drohtnode to anum mæle fæstende. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 173 Þei..do me faste frydayes to bred and to water. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21527 Of he kest al to his serk. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum To the vttermost peny, ad assem. 1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater iii. iii. sig. E3v Ile quote him to a tittle. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. i. 141 Pand: Youle remember your brothers excuse? Par: To a hayre. View more context for this quotation 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. 224 They might haue had the killing of all his army to a man. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. ii. 59 That he would root them out to the verie name. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xi. 103 Sir Tomkyn..swore he was her's to the last drop of his blood. 1779 Mirror No. 34. ⁋5 He was generally punctual to a minute. 1867 J. A. Froude Erasmus & Luther in Short Stud. ii. 99 The bishops were hostile to a man. 1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 349 Balances are made sensitive to the fraction of a grain. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。