单词 | to consist of |
释义 | > as lemmasto consist of 7. to consist of: to be made up or composed of; to have as its constituent substance or elements. (Of was here originally = from, out of. Consist of was formerly also used where consist in is now used.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > [verb (intransitive)] liveeOE beOE i-bea1175 befindc1175 to be beleft1340 to consist of1565 exist1570 re1597 breathe1652 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > be composed of or consist of [verb (transitive)] to be made ofa1200 to stand of ——a1393 to stand togetherc1475 remaina1525 compose?1541 subsist1549 to stand on ——1563 to consist of1565 to stand upon ——1601 to consist in1614 comprise1874 1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus (at cited word) Consto, De principijs rerum, è quibus omnia constant. Cicero. Of which all things do consist, or are compact and made. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxv. 164 The mettle or matter whereof it consisted. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 9 Does not our liues consist of the foure Elements? And. Faith so they say, but I thinke it rather consists of eating and drinking. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 16 When I behold this goodly Frame, this World of Heav'n and Earth consisting. View more context for this quotation a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 51 Power at Sea consists chiefly of Men, able to fight at Sea. 1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) I. x. 203 No one was quite certain of whom this party consisted. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. i. 223 Newton imagined light to consist of particles darted out from luminous bodies. 1891 J. B. Edge in Law Times 90 395/1 An ordinary fence, consisting of a ditch and a bank. < as lemmas |
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