| 释义 |
useter|ˈjuːstə(r)|
Also useta, uster.
Repr. an informal or uneducated pronunc. of used to (see use v. 21).
1890Dialect Notes I. 69 When it rains and wets our old rooster, He don't look like he useter. 1898J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 215 I've just seed Liz Dukeson,..her that Cocky uster cart abaht. 1921E. O'Neill Emperor Jones v. 185 Is you sellin' me like dey uster befo' de war? 1935in Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men (1970) i. viii. 172 Naw, dat's Uncle Yistiddy, he's a useter-be! 1937D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon i. 57 You mind the little cottage down by the river..where old Blunt useter live? 1952M. Steen Phoenix Rising vi. 134 Dey say she gone to Harlem... Useta teach school. 1978L. Block Burglar in Closet (1980) i. 8, I useta beg her to keep some of that stuff in a safe-deposit box. 1982A. Taylor Caroline Minuscule x. 79 ‘He said it'd be all right for me to doss down here... He useter—’ ‘Liar. He couldn't have done.’ |