英语词汇“to an inch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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.)

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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. E3^v Ile quote him to a tittle.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. i. 141 Pand: Youle remember your brothers excuse? Par: To a hayre.

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.

单词	to an inch
释义	> as lemmas to an inch 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. E3^v 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. extracted from toprep.conj.adv. < as lemmas
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