| 单词 | worst kind |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(the) worst kind (a) (the) worst kind: (used adverbially as an intensifier) very much; very badly, terribly. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > [adverb] > severely or urgently (the) worst kind1839 in the worst way1871 the worst way1892 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > in or to the greatest degree never solOE with (also mid) the mostc1275 for the masteryc1325 to the bestc1390 to the uttermostc1400 at the hardest1429 to the utmostc1450 to the skies (also sky)1559 at float1594 all to nothing1606 to the height1609 to the proofa1625 to the last degree1639 to the welkin?1746 (the) worst kind1839 for all it's worth1864 as —— as they make them?a1880 in the highest1897 to the nth (degree, power)1897 up to eleven1987 1839 F. Marryat Diary in Amer. II. 227 He loves Sal, the worst kind. 1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin 107 He drove him off; but the old bull hated to quit—the worst kind. 1892 Harper's Mag. Feb. 437/2 I want something to read the worst kind. 1904 N.Y. Tribune 26 June (Illustr. Suppl.) 4/4 ‘So you want to go to Cuba, do you?’ asked Colonel Roosevelt. ‘I do, worst kind,’ replied McShane. 1939 Tennessee: Guide to State (Federal Writers' Project) 134 Oh, he's heart-burning the worst kind over that little gal. < as lemmas |
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