| 单词 | by little |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby (a) little ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [phrase] > gradually or in stages footmealeOE (a, by) lite and litec1290 a little and a littlea1375 little and littlea1387 (by) some and some1398 by little and by littlea1425 little by little?a1425 littly?a1425 inchmeal1530 by small and small1558 by (a) little1577 gradatim1583 by lithe and lithe1592 by inchesa1616 inch by incha1616 to go slow1664 c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies i. vi, in Anglia (1885) 8 139 (MED) Hee þat rekkiþ not smale thinges falliþ doune by litlum.] 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. viii. xxx. 172 Our affayres beganne by a litle and as it were by stelth, to growe vnto some quiet staye. 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Ep. Ded. §4 Young birdes..by little first proue theyr tender wyngs. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iv. i. 178 That melancholy waxing away by little. 1764 Ann. Reg. 1763 ii. 106 Sift..more of the same sand by little upon it. 1814 J. Galt tr. C. Goldoni Love, Honor, & Interest i. i, in New Brit. Theatre III. 263 Soon by little he began to droop. < as lemmas |
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