单词 | too well |
释义 | > as lemmastoo well a. too well: to a greater extent than is desirable, advisable, comfortable, etc.; (colloquial) (in negative contexts) very well, at all well. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > excessively [phrase] too welleOE too muchc1449 to faultiness1530 but too‥1639 over and above1732 to a fault1753 only too1817 eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. v. 398 Forðæm þæt ðe þissa woruldsælða to wel ne lyste. OE Blickling Homilies 185 Ic lærde wlance men & heahgeþungene þæt hie ne astigan on ofermedu, ne uþgendra welena to wel ne truwodon. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 185 To wel we witen hu þe wei of þis world is slibbri. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 9639 (MED) Þe deuel..sed bituene hom seu..al to wel it greu. a1456 (a1426) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 680 (MED) We knowe to weel þe bent of Jackys bowe. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Nov. 51 To well I wote..howe my rymes bene rugged and vnkempt. 1595 Blanchardine & Eglantine liv. 213 Ah ! to to well I suspected..that my captiuitie would bring her callamity. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. ii. 353 Then must you speake, Of one that lou'd not wisely, but too well . View more context for this quotation 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. iii. i. 23 Too well I know her blandishments to gain, Usurper-like, till setled in her Reign. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. ix. 59 Those [facts], however, would too well justify him. 1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 228 That he loved too well to eat, is certain; but that his sensuality shortened his life will not be hastily concluded. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xix. 189 There was a touching modulation in these words about her father that Walter understood too well. 1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Children iv. 26 I didn't use poor Bill any too well. 1913 W. Grossmith From Studio to Stage ix. 110 With some of these drawbacks against us, Heather Bigg and myself didn't do too well. 1970 T. Southern Blue Movie iii. i. 145 Naturally, this had not gone down too well with the Card [sc. Cardinal]—who went straight to the Prince and lodged the strongest sort of complaint. 2007 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 24 Apr. a6/1 The baby book conjured up that emotion we mothers know all too well: guilt. < as lemmas |
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