| 单词 | by likelihead |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby (also of) likelihead 2. Probability, likelihood. Chiefly in by (also of) likelihead: probably, in all probability (cf. likelihood n. Phrases 1). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [noun] weenOE likeliheadc1405 likelinessc1405 likelihood1427 probabilityc1443 probablenessc1443 likehood1525 towardness1549 main chance1577 towardliness1579 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adverb] welleOE lightly1395 likely1395 likinglyc1395 by (also of) likeliheadc1405 by (also of) likelinessc1405 by all (also most) likelihood1427 provably1460 of (all) likelihood1491 belike?1531 like1548 belikelya1551 in (all) likelihood1570 probably1600 by (also in) probabilitya1602 in (also by) all probability1617 presumably1658 prob.1730 nigh hand1848 predictably1914 prolly1922 odds-on1976 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Prioress's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 144 She goth..To euery place, wher as she hath supposed By liklyhede hir litel child to fynde. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 6096 (MED) I suppose..That..by lyklyhed, I hadde don..Som thyng wych wer nat syttynge. 1495 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1495 §42. m. 26 Bringing of vagabondes to the gaoles..and the long abiding of theym therin, wherby likelehede many of theym shuld lose their lives. 1533 T. More Apologye 151 Certayne letters whyche some of the bretherne lette fall of late, and lost them of lykelyhed as some good kytte leseth her kayes. c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 151 Ye may have trial by lyklyhed what ther answere shalbe. 1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason v. 92 Fellows, what have we done? by likely-head An evil deed, and luckless. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. ii. 553 Alas! full little likelihead That he should live for ever there. 1903 J. W. Mackail tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 12 I came, because your sire, they said Was in the country: but by likelihead The Gods his passage hinder. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。