| 单词 | by piecemeals |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby piecemeals ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > into (small) pieces [phrase] in (also into, on, a) piecesa1275 (all) to shiversc1275 to piecesc1300 asundera1325 to set in sunderc1325 in sunderc1390 in, into shredsc1400 in small1419 in piecemeal?a1425 in piecemealsa1470 by piecemeals1576 in shivers1589 in or into splinters1612 1576 G. Whetstone Arbour of Vertue 118 in Rocke of Regard She faring, as shee likt his talke, by peece meales gan to yeeld. 1642 T. Goodwin Zervbbabels Encouragement 17 That..perfection of light (which the Apostolicall times had)..by piece-meals and degrees. 1688 R. Blackbourne Clitie iii. 183 Can she have any Vengeance yet in store? Or if she has, Why does she thus by piece-meals deal it out? 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. iii. 30 Those..are falling..by piece-meals to decay. 1826 J. Kerr Rip Van Winkle i. iii. 33 That's a fact—always do—so have no intention of stopping to be stewed to death by piece-meals. 1870 N. Adams Life John Eliot 20 Flaying men alive with the shells of fishes, cutting off the points and members of others by piecemeals. < as lemmas |
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