单词 | to the |
释义 | > as lemmasto the b. Connecting two expressions of number or quantity which correspond to each other, or of which one constitutes the amount or value of the other: In; making up. ( to the = in every.) ΚΠ c1000 [see sense A. 19c]. 1297 [see sense A. 19c]. 1494 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 4 That there be but only viii. Bushels rased and stricken to the Quarter of Corn. 1545 Rates Custome House sig. cv Twelue ounces to the pounde. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. vii. 20 He..made vs pay..one shilling to the pound. View more context for this quotation 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iii. iv. xiii. §17 Three weeks of five days to the week. 1801 W. Huntington Bank of Faith Ded. 21 Thirteen to the dozen. 1891 ‘S. C. Scrivener’ Our Fields & Cities 44 An open country..with solitary houses—a house to about five square miles. < as lemmas |
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