| 单词 | by rule and line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby rule and 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 (the) rule and line (also measure, square) (a) by (the) rule and line (also measure, square): with careful calculation; rigidly, strictly. [Originally after Middle French a ligne et reigle (mid 14th cent. in the passage translated in quot. a1475).] ΚΠ a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 23470 (MED) Thyng that is maad by rule and lyne [Fr. a ligne et reigle]..hath more beaute..and mor stabilite. 1598 T. James tr. G. Du Vair Moral Philos. Stoicks 195 You must liue by rule and square [Fr. de regle]. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Reigleure,..a proceeding by rule and line. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 72 He..professes to do every thing by Rule and Measure. 1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 248/1 Whether we take this method, or begin upon the naked floor, all must be laid with the most exact truth by rule and line. 1842 Art-union July 168/3 He may (being an architect) judge more by rule and square, more, in short, from skill and study, than from sentiment and feeling. 1864 J. H. Newman Apologia iii. 89 The process of change had been slow; it had been done not rashly, but by rule and measure. 1904 Ohio State Med. Assoc. Trans. 59th Ann. Meeting 191 Our work is more by the rule and square and not differentiation. 1966 N. Yuasa in tr. M. Bashō Narrow Road to Deep North 16 He did everything so consciously, so calculatingly: almost by rule and measure. < as lemmas |
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