| 单词 | with a grain of salt |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswith a grain of salt a. A small, hard, usually roundish particle (e.g. of sand, gold, salt, pepper). with a grain of salt (figurative): see salt n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > a grain or granule grainc1290 curn1474 quern1503 granule1652 granula1694 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > a particle > hard and round cornc888 grainc1290 kernelc1450 cornel1590 sand1596 granule1652 kern1753 parvule1887 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 417/486 Þare nas inne [the grave of S. John] nouȝht bote smale greynes..i-cleoped Manna in holi write. 1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame ii. 183 And moo berdys in two oures..then greynes be of sondes. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 303 Grauel & sande han stonys and greynys wyth-oute noumbre. c1500 Melusine (1895) xxi. 128 One grayne of peper alone smertith more on mans tonge than doth a sacke full of whete. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 104 In many riuers are found graines of gold. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 104 He maketh graines of salt and pepper to passe for currant coine. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 270 The Multiplication of a grain of Mustard-seed. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 17 This Earth a spot, a graine, An Atom, with the Firmament compar'd. View more context for this quotation 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 124 The surface of them [obelisks in Egypt] seems to be covered with little grains. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 44 Gold Dust, Guinea Grains. 1799 Scot. Described (ed. 2) 16 Gold has been gathered in Grains among the sands of the Elvan. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 289 The smooth surface..is..raised into a number of small eminences, like grains or papillæ. These little eminences are termed granulations. 1838 E. Brown Serm. iii. 45 What so insignificant in the inanimate creation as a grain of dust? 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxxxvi. 4 In all that bodily largeness, Lives not a grain of salt, breathes not a charm anywhere. 1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. ii. 23 A paper full of grains of gold. with a grain of salt d. with a grain of salt [= modern Latin cum grano salis] : (to accept a statement) with a certain amount of reserve. Also in similar phrases, now esp. with a pinch of salt. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [adverb] doubtouslyc1350 incertainly1530 doubtinglya1535 unsurely1595 falteringly1611 uncertainly1613 dubitatively1615 with a grain of salt1647 doubtily1654 hesitantly1660 unsatisfiedly1661 doubtfully1664 Pyrrhonically1710 uncertaina1718 dubitatingly1827 undecidedly1856 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Rev. vi. 11) This is to be taken with a grain of salt. 1649 E. Sparke in J. Shute Sarah & Hagar To Rdr. sig. bv Read them then, but with such a grain of salt as intimated. 1883 American 6 280 An Extremist,—and we may add more or less salt to his expressions. 1908 Athenæum 1 Aug. 118/1 Our reasons for not accepting the author's pictures of early Ireland without many grains of salt. 1948 F. R. Cowell Cicero & Roman Republic xvi. 243 A more critical spirit slowly developed, so that Cicero and his friends took more than the proverbial pinch of salt before swallowing everything written by these earlier authors. 1949 V. Grove Lang. Bar ii. 29 Even if we accept such a statement with a pinch of salt, it is an undisputable fact that its writer did look upon Latin as a guiding mistress. 1965 M. Shadbolt Among Cinders xxvi. 258 I take what he says with a half-pound of salt, after his review of that play. 1981 J. S. Bratton Impact of Victorian Children's Fiction ii. 41 We must take William Jones's enthusiasm about the eagerness of [tract] readers with a pinch of salt. < as lemmas |
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