| 单词 | by line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby line b. by line: chiefly in figurative contexts, with methodical accuracy. Also by line and level, by rule and line, etc. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] rightlyeOE righteOE evenOE evenlya1225 redlyc1275 justicelya1375 justilya1375 justlya1375 redilya1375 trulya1375 properlya1382 precisec1392 preciselyc1392 truec1392 straitlya1395 leala1400 arightc1405 by linec1420 justlyc1425 featlya1450 rule-righta1450 to the letter?1495 exquisitely1526 evenliklya1530 very1530 absolutely1538 jump1539 just1568 accurately1581 punctually1581 jumplya1586 arights1596 just so1601 plumb1601 compassly1606 nicelya1616 squarely1626 justa1631 adequately1632 mathematicallya1638 critically1655 exquisitively1660 just1665 pointedly1667 faithfully1690 correctlya1704 jus1801 jest1815 jes1851 neat1875 cleanly1883 on the nose1883 smack-dab1892 spot on1920 forensically1974 c1420 Anturs of Arth. (Douce) 477 Þei settene listes by lyne one þe loȝ lande. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 43v Through cunning wt dybble, rake, mattock & spade: by line & by leauell, trim garden is made. 1578 T. Timme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Gen. 281 The deeds of Men..are..to be examined by Gods level and line. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. vi. sig. F3 To carry Quarrells, As Gallants doe, and manage 'hem, by line . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 238 We steale by lyne and leuell, and't like your grace. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. 5 It [sc. the matter] is not hudled, but built up by Plummet and Line, with proportion to Time and Place. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 414. ¶5 Plantations of our Europeans, which are laid out by the Rule and Line. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 252 A poet does not work by square or line, As smiths and joiners perfect a design. by line ΘΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [adverb] > in direct line by linec1374 evenly?c1400 lineally1426 even1489 evenliklya1500 in a diametera1681 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1481 Of þis lord descendede Tydeus By ligne. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 693 Of his lynage am I, and his of spryng By verray ligne. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur v. x My fader is lyneally descended of Alysaunder..by ryght lygne. c1480 (a1400) SS. Simon & Jude 3 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 208 Of symone..& of Iudas..þat brethire ware be lyne of fles to sancte Iames callit þe les. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1841 Lord of þe londe as be lyne olde. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 134 The lawful ȝouth quha rycht be lyne was sproung of the kingis blude. < as lemmas |
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