| 释义 |
that-a-way, adv. Chiefly dial. and U.S.|ˈðætəweɪ|
Also thataway, that a way, etc.
[f. that dem. a. + away adv.]
1. In that direction.
1839Southern Lit. Messenger V. 378/2, I expect, Tommy, you're a sparking that a way. 1847Paddiana I. 139 It's very careless I hear they are that aways. 1866H. Jackson Gilbert Rugge II. xii. 174 Down in the marsh lands, that-a-way. 1901J. Prior Forest Folk iv. 41 It's out o' my road or I'd show yer; that-away. 1920M. Webb House in Dormer Forest vii. 89 ‘I canna see as it's to be found out,’ he nodded sideways towards the murmur, ‘that-a-way.’ 1973Washington Post 13 Jan. b8/7 ‘Bonanza’, the Western series that went thataway a couple of weeks ago after a 14-year ride on the NBC network. 1978G. McDonald Fletch's Fortune (1979) xviii. 127 He went thet-away.
2. In that manner; like that.
1887Scribner's Mag. Sept. 366/1, I hadn' 'a' thought ye'd 'a' evidenced agin me that-a-way. 1889Spectator 26 Oct. 549/2 Whin I sees him that a way the second time, your Reverence. 1938M. K. Rawlings Yearling v. 46 ‘You want to tote lunch?’ she called after him. ‘I'd not insult my neighbors that-a-way. We'll noon with them.’ 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Jan. 15/3, I didn't mean to treat her that-a-way. 1973K. Giles File on Death iii. 72 You bloody well don't do it thataway. |