| 单词 | to crown all |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto crown (it) all to crown (it) all (modifying a sentence): as the finishing touch, which confirms and surpasses everything preceding; as a final event in a series of particularly fortunate or unfortunate events. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > completed or finished [phrase] > as the finishing touch to crown (it) all1634 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 55 To crowne all, his Booke, yet no Al-furcan, of devotion is laid vpon him as too worthy the vse of sinners. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 125 To crown all, a Book..was laid upon his Coffin. 1710 Most Faults on One Side 33 Lastly, To crown all, Has not the whole Strength and Power of the Party been exerted to stop the Supplies of Money for carrying on the War? 1770 London Mag. Oct. 521/1 I would have bought freeholds, to entitle me to sign petitions; and to crown all, I would pay no land tax. 1822 Kaleidoscope 12 Feb. 253/3 To crown it all, Moffet's daughter is married to his present wife's son! 1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 92 To crown all..man alone..can mould the emitted voice into articulate speech. 1910 A. Huxley Let. 5 June (1969) 37 To crown all we were 5 minutes late for lock-up! 1947 ‘A. P. Gaskell’ Big Game 87 To crown it all the damned School Committee had to pick on this Saturday for their school picnic. 2011 P.-D. U. Nsima My Concern iii. 74 His academic worth, automatically qualified him for a visa and Green Card, and to crown it all, he is a citizen of ‘God's own Country’ America. < as lemmas |
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