英语词汇“by degrees”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. followed by the noun of quantity in plural, as by hundreds, by inches, by files, by degrees; also by times, by turns (obsolete), = ‘time after time, turn after turn’.

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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 4710 To gider þei flocked in þat lond Bi hundrides & bi þousond.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Hab. i. B Their horsmen come by greate heapes from farre.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. lviii. 519 The roote is..full of joyntes by spaces.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. vi. 58 They growe by degrees.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. iii. 43 We are..to come..by ones, by twoes, & by threes.

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. 42 One..Rends haire by handfuls.

1645 City Alarum 11 We do worse then stand still, in doing things by halves.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. iii. 191 To win our Ground by Inches.

1709 A. Pope Spring in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 726 Then sing by turns, by turns the Muses sing.

1728 A. Pope Dunciad iii. 81 The North by myriads pours her mighty sons.

1817 J. Gilchrist Intell. Patrimony 71 Raving, perchance, by times, concerning religion and morality.

1840 R. H. Barham Hand of Glory in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 43 Hand in hand The Murderers stand By one, by two, by three!

1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xii. 146 By twenties, by hundreds, by thousands, the force gathered.

b. esp. in by degrees: by successive steps or stages, by little and little, gradually.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [adverb] > in stages

successivelya1425

by sequels1477

by degrees?1566

progressively1620

degreeingly1628

?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 12 Thyr regentis sal pas be degreis the hail cours of dialectic, logic, etc.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 361 What wound did euer heale, but by degrees ?

1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 31 Fill it by Degrees.

1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 109 Several of our Company..dropt in by degrees.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 123. ¶5 His Acquaintance with her by degrees grew into Love.

a1721 M. Prior Henry & Emma 430 Fine by degrees and beautifully less.

1814 W. Scott Waverley III. v. 61 The character of Colonel Talbot dawned upon Edward by degrees .

1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. iv. iii. 284 By degrees he began to resign her more and more to Jemima's care and tuition.

单词	by degrees
释义	> as lemmas by degrees b. followed by the noun of quantity in plural, as by hundreds, by inches, by files, by degrees; also by times, by turns (obsolete), = ‘time after time, turn after turn’. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 4710 To gider þei flocked in þat lond Bi hundrides & bi þousond. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Hab. i. B Their horsmen come by greate heapes from farre. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. lviii. 519 The roote is..full of joyntes by spaces. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. vi. 58 They growe by degrees. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. iii. 43 We are..to come..by ones, by twoes, & by threes. View more context for this quotation 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. 42 One..Rends haire by handfuls. 1645 City Alarum 11 We do worse then stand still, in doing things by halves. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. iii. 191 To win our Ground by Inches. 1709 A. Pope Spring in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 726 Then sing by turns, by turns the Muses sing. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad iii. 81 The North by myriads pours her mighty sons. 1817 J. Gilchrist Intell. Patrimony 71 Raving, perchance, by times, concerning religion and morality. 1840 R. H. Barham Hand of Glory in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 43 Hand in hand The Murderers stand By one, by two, by three! 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xii. 146 By twenties, by hundreds, by thousands, the force gathered. extracted from byprep.adv. by degrees b. esp. in by degrees: by successive steps or stages, by little and little, gradually. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [adverb] > in stages successivelya1425 by sequels1477 by degrees?1566 progressively1620 degreeingly1628 ?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 12 Thyr regentis sal pas be degreis the hail cours of dialectic, logic, etc. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 361 What wound did euer heale, but by degrees ? View more context for this quotation 1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 31 Fill it by Degrees. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 109 Several of our Company..dropt in by degrees. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 123. ¶5 His Acquaintance with her by degrees grew into Love. a1721 M. Prior Henry & Emma 430 Fine by degrees and beautifully less. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. v. 61 The character of Colonel Talbot dawned upon Edward by degrees . View more context for this quotation 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. iv. iii. 284 By degrees he began to resign her more and more to Jemima's care and tuition. extracted from degreen. < as lemmas
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