| 单词 | to want little |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto want little (also naught) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > approximate to (an amount) [verb (transitive)] to want little (also naught)a1500 to be getting on for (to, towards)1784 touch1851 approach1871 the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > be similar [verb (intransitive)] > border upon, approach, or approximate coast1382 to want little (also naught)a1500 approacha1538 bear1582 sympathize1605 to trench on or upon1622 neighboura1640 to border on or upona1694 approximate1771 verge1827 begin1833 a1500 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Douce) l. 584 He wanted noȝte to be slayne Þe brede of ane hare. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 771/1 It wanted but a lytell that I was nat taken. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 217 We had now some two miles to Ierusalem, yet in the very Hauen, we wanted little of perishing. 1700 T. Brown et al. tr. P. Scarron Novels ii. 25 in tr. P. Scarron Whole Comical Wks. He..frankly own'd to him, that he wanted little of being wounded to the heart. 1862 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. (ed. 5) II. v. ii. 395 Mr. Hubbard..whose well-conceived plan wants little of being as near an approximation to a just assessment as it is likely that means could be found of carrying into practical effect. < as lemmas |
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