piecemeal英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A fragment; a scrap.

— Thus the world Is all to piecemeals cut

动词 v.

To divide or distribute piecemeal; dismember. transitive

形容词 adj.

Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time. idiomatic,not-comparable

— Near-synonyms: piecewise, stepwise; see also Thesaurus:gradual

副词 adv.

Piece by piece; in small amounts, stages, or degrees. not-comparable

— It’s as bad as selling a man a horse with half a dozen latent vices and watching him discover them piecemeal in the course of the hunting season.
Into pieces or parts. not-comparable

— Stoop villaine, ſtoop, ſtoope for ſo he bids, That may commaund thee peecemeale to be torne, Or ſcattered like the lofty Cedar trees. Strooke with the voice of thundring Iupiter.

词形变化

piecemeals present,singular,third-person piecemealing participle,present piecemealed participle,past piecemealed past piecemeals plural

词汇关系

近义词

bit by bit

衍生词

piecemealing

词源

词源 1

From Middle English pecemele, from pece (“piece”) + mele (from Old English mǣlum (“at a time”), dative plural form of mǣl (“time, measure”), taking the place of Old English styċċemǣlum (“in pieces, bit by bit, piecemeal; to pieces, to bits; here and there, in different places; little by little, by degrees, gradually”); equivalent to piece + -meal.

词源 2

From Middle English pecemele, from pece (“piece”) + mele (from Old English mǣlum (“at a time”), dative plural form of mǣl (“time, measure”), taking the place of Old English styċċemǣlum (“in pieces, bit by bit, piecemeal; to pieces, to bits; here and there, in different places; little by little, by degrees, gradually”); equivalent to piece + -meal.

词源 3

From Middle English pecemele, from pece (“piece”) + mele (from Old English mǣlum (“at a time”), dative plural form of mǣl (“time, measure”), taking the place of Old English styċċemǣlum (“in pieces, bit by bit, piecemeal; to pieces, to bits; here and there, in different places; little by little, by degrees, gradually”); equivalent to piece + -meal.

词源 4

From Middle English pecemele, from pece (“piece”) + mele (from Old English mǣlum (“at a time”), dative plural form of mǣl (“time, measure”), taking the place of Old English styċċemǣlum (“in pieces, bit by bit, piecemeal; to pieces, to bits; here and there, in different places; little by little, by degrees, gradually”); equivalent to piece + -meal.