| 单词 | dear old thing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdear old thing 1. colloquial. Originally: an old person (cf. thing n.1 10); frequently as a term of contempt or reproach. Later: used as a familiar or affectionate form of address and reference to a person of any age (cf. old adj. 16b). Frequently as dear old thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] darlingc888 belamy?c1225 culver?c1225 dearc1230 sweetheartc1290 heartc1300 sweetc1330 honeya1375 dovec1386 jewelc1400 birdc1405 cinnamonc1405 honeycombc1405 lovec1405 wantonc1450 mulling?a1475 daisyc1485 crowdy-mowdy?a1513 honeysop?a1513 powsowdie?a1513 suckler?a1513 foolc1525 buttinga1529 whitinga1529 beautiful1534 turtle-dove1535 soula1538 heartikin1540 bully?1548 turtle1548 lamba1556 nyletc1557 sweet-lovea1560 coz1563 ding-ding1564 pugs1566 golpol1568 sparling1570 lover1573 pug1580 bulkin1582 mopsy1582 chuck1589 bonny1594 chick1594 sweetikin1596 ladybird1597 angel1598 muss1598 pinkany1599 sweetkin1599 duck1600 joy1600 sparrowc1600 sucket1605 nutting1606 chuckaby1607 tickling1607 bagpudding1608 heartling1608 chucking1609 dainty1611 flittermouse1612 honeysuckle1613 fubs1614 bawcocka1616 pretty1616 old thinga1625 bun1627 duckling1630 bulchin1633 bulch?c1640 sweetling1648 friscoa1652 ding-dongs1662 buntinga1668 cocky1680 dearie1681 chucky1683 lovey1684 machree1689 nykin1693 pinkaninny1696 nug1699 hinny1724 puss1753 pet1767 dovey1769 sweetie1778 lovey-dovey1781 lovely1791 ducky1819 toy1822 acushla1825 alanna1825 treat1825 amigo1830 honey child1832 macushla1834 cabbage1840 honey-bunch1874 angel pie1878 m'dear1887 bach1889 honey baby1895 prawn1895 hon1896 so-and-so1897 cariad1899 pumpkin1900 honey-bun1902 pussums1912 snookums1919 treasure1920 wogger1922 amico1929 sugar1930 baby cake1949 angel cake1951 lamb-chop1962 petal1974 bae2006 the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to an elderly person dear old thinga1625 a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) i. ii Would'st thou have me lose my Birth-right? For yond old thing will disinherit me If I grow too demure. 1653 J. Shirley Six New Playes i. 8 Pa. The Old thing raves: An. Thing? what thing? thank heaven thou Art a woman; I would beat thee into a Poltise. 1685 A. Behn Love Lett. between Noble-man & Sister: 2nd Pt. 345 There for a quarter of an hour they sate as silent as the Night..; at last the old thing broke silence, who was almost a Sleep while she spoke. 1717 C. Shadwell Hasty Wedding iii. iii Aur. Oh Heavens! my Father. Her. (Aside) deuce take the ugly old Thing, how he has frightned me. 1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) V. 99 Could you find in your Heart, says he, to love such an ugly old Thing as I am? 1843 C. F. Briggs Bankrupt Stories i. vi. 53 ‘Get out of my sight,’ said Mrs. Bates, ‘you baldheaded old thing.’ 1852 Punch 31 July 55/2 Aunt Ratchet and I had quietly sat down, I to read and she to listen to a new novel—the greatest pleasure the dear old thing can experience. 1864 C. M. Yonge Trial II. xiv. 273 I'll do anything for you..you know that, you old thing! 1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. iv. 120 I am a gabbling silly old thing. 1905 R. Kipling Actions & Reactions (1909) 18 No, thanks, old thing! Isn't that quite English? 1917 D. Haig Diary 26 Apr. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 287 He is a tall man of eighty years of age. A dear old thing but I should think too old to deal with these tricky French politicians. 1975 J. Drummond Slowly the Poison 13 Don't worry, old thing. It may not be as bad as it sounds. 2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 23 July vii. 22 Like her neighbors in the picturesque Canadian village of Three Pines, the dear old thing had hidden depths. < as lemmas |
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