英语词汇“to nothing”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. to nothing: to the final point, stage, or state of a process of reduction, destruction, dissolution, etc.

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the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adverb] > to nothing or into extinction

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to nothing1571

the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [phrase] > to nothing

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1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (ii. 9) He consumeth them to nothing with the onely red of his lippes.

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 22 Which made euery man suppose that after the expence of much mony, it would vanish to nothing.

1655 M. Casaubon Treat. Enthvsiasme (1656) iii. 169 Through continuall contemplation..having reduced his body to almost nothing.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 388 Much instrument of war Long in preparing, soon to nothing brought.

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. p. iii The Conversation falls and drops to nothing.

1774 W. Mitford Ess. Harmony Lang. 35 The vowel-sound..is nearly of the same kind, but degenerated to almost nothing.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. ii. 74 Perhaps a little water would restore her... But she is worn to nothing. How very thin, and how very bloodless!

1875 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea V. vi. xii. 248 The parapet..dwarfed down to nothing.

1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out xxvi. 442 D'you believe that things go on..or d'you think..we crumble up to nothing when we die?

1987 M. Dorris Yellow Raft in Blue Water (1988) ix. 143 His eyebrows, full where they began..and then tapering off to nothing could have been drawn onto his forehead.

单词	to nothing
释义	> as lemmas to nothing c. to nothing: to the final point, stage, or state of a process of reduction, destruction, dissolution, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adverb] > to nothing or into extinction outa1450 to nothing1571 the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [phrase] > to nothing to nothing1571 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (ii. 9) He consumeth them to nothing with the onely red of his lippes. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 22 Which made euery man suppose that after the expence of much mony, it would vanish to nothing. 1655 M. Casaubon Treat. Enthvsiasme (1656) iii. 169 Through continuall contemplation..having reduced his body to almost nothing. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 388 Much instrument of war Long in preparing, soon to nothing brought. View more context for this quotation 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. p. iii The Conversation falls and drops to nothing. 1774 W. Mitford Ess. Harmony Lang. 35 The vowel-sound..is nearly of the same kind, but degenerated to almost nothing. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. ii. 74 Perhaps a little water would restore her... But she is worn to nothing. How very thin, and how very bloodless! 1875 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea V. vi. xii. 248 The parapet..dwarfed down to nothing. 1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out xxvi. 442 D'you believe that things go on..or d'you think..we crumble up to nothing when we die? 1987 M. Dorris Yellow Raft in Blue Water (1988) ix. 143 His eyebrows, full where they began..and then tapering off to nothing could have been drawn onto his forehead. extracted from nothingpron.n.adv.int. < as lemmas
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