| 单词 | to eke out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto eke out 3. to eke out: extracted from ekev. a. to supplement, supply the deficiencies of anything (const. with); esp. to make (resources, materials, articles of consumption, etc.) last the required time by additions, by partial use of a substitute, or by economy. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > make complete [verb (transitive)] > complete, fill up, or make up > by supplying what is wanting performa1382 supplyc1480 upmake1485 to make up1488 mend?a1505 to stop, to fill (in or up), to supply a gap?1523 to eke out1596 help out (also through)1600 size1608 echea1616 inch out1620 to eke up1633 supplete1664 lengthen1670 supplement1749 to husband out1762 sort1880 piecenc1900 1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. iii. 133 Not to bee so..giuen to spending..but eeke it out to the vtmost. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 184 Ros. The little strength that I haue, I would it were with you. Cel. And mine to eeke out hers. View more context for this quotation 1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. To Rdr. 6 Best is he that inuents, the next he that followes forth and eekes out a good inuention. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 157 My Ink..had been gone..all but a very little, which I eek'd out with Water. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 328 But what his common sense came short, He eked out wi' law, man. 1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) xx. 353 I determined to start..to eke out our scanty supply of water. 1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. i. 25 The meaning of their [savage races'] words has to be eked out by gesture. 1878 H. S. Wilson Alpine Ascents ii. 57 After a glass apiece we eke out the remainder with snow. b. To prolong (a speech or composition, an action) by expedients devised for that purpose; to contrive to fill up (a certain amount of space in writing, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong lengOE drawOE teec1200 forlengtha1300 lengtha1300 drivec1300 tarryc1320 proloynec1350 continuec1380 to draw alonga1382 longa1382 dretch1393 conservea1398 to draw (out) in, into, at, or on lengtha1400 prorogue1419 prolongc1425 aroomc1440 prorogate?a1475 protend?a1475 dilate1489 forlong1496 relong1523 to draw out1542 sustentate1542 linger1543 defer1546 pertract1548 propagate1548 protract1548 linger1550 lengthen1555 train1556 detract?a1562 to make forth (long, longer)1565 stretch1568 extend1574 extenuate1583 dree1584 wire-draw1598 to spin out1603 trail1604 disabridge1605 produce1605 continuate1611 out-length1617 spin1629 to eke out1641 producta1670 prolongate1671 drawl1694 drag1697 perennate1698 string1867 perennialize1898 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 64 Your reverence to eek out your sermonings shall need repaire to Postills, or Polianthea's. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 551 As for his ecking out..the Siege, it was done upon good grounds. 1747 S. Johnson Plan Dict. 26 To eke out any thing, signifies to lengthen it beyond its just dimensions by some low artifice. a1845 R. H. Barham Brothers of Birchington in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 265 Enough to have eked out a decent-sized volume. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xi. 236 He..eked out the measure with a peculiar musical sound. c. To contrive to make (a livelihood), or to support (existence) by various makeshifts. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [verb (transitive)] > sustain life sustainc1330 lead?a1366 finda1450 sustentate1542 breast1573 subsist1612 to keep body (life) and soul togethera1616 preserve1694 to eke out1825 1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 89 To eke out the existence of the people, every person..was called on for a weekly subscription. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ii. 22 Some runaway slaves,..contrived to eke out a subsistence. 1868 F. W. Farrar Seekers after God i. i. 12 To eke out a scanty livelihood. < as lemmas |
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