span-new

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. brand new archaic
    — Had Augustine been archbishop of London, he might have seemed to succeed the British archbishops, and to have derived some right from them, contrary to his humour, who would lead all, but follow none; and therefore would not wear an old title, but have a span-new archbishop's chair carved out for himself.

词形变化

more span-new comparative most span-new superlative spang-new alternative

词源

From Middle English span-neue, from Old Norse spān-nȳr. Compare spick-and-span, spandy.
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