单词 | without number |
释义 | > as lemmaswithout number a. In phrases denoting that persons, things, etc., have not been, or cannot be, counted. Esp. in without number, (now chiefly South Asian) out of number. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > impossible to number [phrase] out of numberc1325 without numberc1325 out of all scotch and notch1589 more than you can shake a stick at1818 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 8161 Folc of arabie, So muche þat þer nas non noumbre of hor compainye. c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 7297 (MED) Man and hous þai brent and bredden And her godes oway ledden, Wiþouten no [m] bre. c1390 G. Chaucer Melibeus 2579 Ther of folweth another vengeance, peril, and werre, and othere damages with oute nombre. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xx. 267 Ȝe [sc. friars] wexeth out of noumbre. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 449 (MED) Þis hathill man..sall..out of nounbre to neuyn of nacions wynn. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 5 He lediþ..to helle peple wiþ outun nowmbre. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 366 b/1 The holy poure ladyes whiche [thou] hast drawen to penaunce without nombre. 1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. D.4* Marathon, Salamyne, Plate,..& other out of nombre. 1611 Bible (King James) Judges vii. 12 Their camels were without number, as the sand by the Sea side for multitude. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 346 A shout Loud as from numbers without number. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 547 The conquer'd Latians..Piles without number for their Dead prepare. 1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature II. i. 63 The instances are here without number. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 36. ⁋5 The sense of this universal pleasure has invited numbers without number to try their skill in pastoral performances. 1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 92 Persons out of number are amusing themselves with rendering what, I hope, appears to themselves, at least, good service to the country. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native III. vi. iii. 288 The sun was sending up the valley the same long shadow of the housetop that he had seen lying there times out of number. 1892 Law Times 92 147/1 Times without number the courts in bankruptcy have been called upon to decide the question. 1923 National Geographic Mag. Apr. 400/1 Accidents and delays without number would occur. 1993 U. Chatterjee Last Burden (1994) iv. 179 To bewail its attrition is the singularity in Shyamanand that his sons, times out of number, have smirked at. < as lemmas |
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