单词 | do with |
释义 | > as lemmasto do with —— to do with —— Cf. senses 10a(d), 10b(b), 10a(b). extracted from dov. 1. intransitive. a. To deal with, have to do with; to make use of. Cf. Phrases 1b(a)(i). Now English regional (south-western) and rare.In quot. c1515: to have sexual intercourse with. Cf. sense 18, Phrases 1b(a)(ii). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)] > be or become concerned or involved to have to do with (also mid, of, on)a1225 interlacec1380 to do with ——a1400 bedrive1481 concern1614 bear1658 connect1709 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > be involved in or have to do with something entermetec1300 to make (a) market1340 meddlec1390 to do with ——a1400 mell1416 intermeddle1477 intermell1480 to have art or (and) part ina1500 participate1531 to have a finger (also hand) in the pie?1553 tigc1598 get1727 concern1791 involve1843 to mix up1882 tew1891 to screw with ——1973 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 26833 Namli wit fals scrift doand. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 103 ‘I may nat do therewith,’ seyde the kynge. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xlvi. 155 She is myn owne, therfore I wyll do with her at my pleasure. 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. i. sig. A2 And thou his Dutchesse that will doe with Diuill. 1848 S. S. Ellis Social Distinction vii. 125 Having grown, as the world said, a little old fashioned in his notions, and moreover crotchety, and difficult to do with. 1923 J. Read Cluster-O'-Vive 182 I wur over to Butcher Culliver's next morning, a-doing wi' a bull o' mine. 1959 W. Mayne Thumbstick iii. 20 ‘I'll get Jess... There might be a rat or two.’ ‘We can't do with her... Get that black cat.’ ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > [verb (intransitive)] to do with ——1608 to hostile it1656 1554 J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebellion f. 15 Syr Thomas Cheynie lorde Warden.., had sent him suche salutacions as of honour oughte to be vsed to a traitour. And beinge verie desirous to be doing with him, and to proue on his bodie what in wordes of greetinge he had affirmed [etc.]. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Seneca in Panoplie Epist. 308 One while I wil be dooing with this booke, another while with that. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 106 As if he would now and then be doing with the seas. 1608 P. Golding tr. J. Sleidane Epit. Frossard ii. 127 The truce..being expired, the French King had a meruailous desire to bee doing with the King of England. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 285 Our General would fain have been doing with him again. 2. transitive. With indefinite pronoun or (esp.) what (in an interrogative clause) as object. a. To carry out (an action) that affects, influences, or makes use of a person or thing.to tell (someone) what to do with (something): see tell v. Phrases 18b. ΚΠ ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 200 So riche þat þei wyte not what to done with hire godes. 1526 W. Bonde Rosary sig. Bvv What wyll ye shalbe done with Jesu, that is Christ and sauyour of the worlde. 1558 P. Morwen tr. A. ben David ibn Daud Hist. Latter Tymes Iewes Commune Weale f. ccxxxix Iosephe therfore seinge that Titus coulde do nothinge wyth the sedicious, said vnto their princes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. iv. 46 What shall be done with him? What is your plot? View more context for this quotation 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus xxxvii. 463 The King [was] led wholly by..those Gratioso's, neither Earl, Baron, Bishop, or other could do any thing with the King but by their favour. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 34 We knew not what to do with this poor Girl. 1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. iv. 112 Ratcliffe replied peevishly, ‘Tell him he may do any thing with it but paint it.’ 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 2 210 We can do nothing with the guns when there is any swell. 1843 Fraser's Mag. 28 729 What is to be done with Ireland now? 1895 Argosy Nov. 144/2 Keep on chafing that hand while I do the same with this one. 1908 Church Times 7 Feb. 173/1 He gathered into a leather pouch the remains of his cigarettes, and left the room. ‘What does he do with all those fags?’ asked Conway. 1974 M. Butterworth Man in Sopwith Camel i. i. 19 I've been trying to bully him into pulling up stumps and doing something with the rest of his life. 2006 G. Malkani Londonstani xiv. 162 What the fuck was he gonna do with em? b. With reflexive prepositional object: to occupy oneself with (an activity). Frequently in not to know what to do with oneself: to be unsure as to how to occupy oneself; to be at a loss as to how to act or behave, esp. as a result of distress, embarrassment, etc. ΚΠ ?1600 Earl of Essex Apologie sig. A2v Consider what choice I had, or what else could I haue done with myselfe. 1699 tr. G. Buchanan Hist. Scotl. in Ld. Ruthven Relation Death David Rizzi 3 He came to be in such extream want, that he knew not well what to do with himself. 1765 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 12 He was for some time much at a loss to know what to do with himself. 1820 Edinb. Rev. 33 93 They are so happy that they know not what to do with themselves. 1858 S. Hancock Confession v. 76 He..burst into tears, and begged me not to judge him too hardly—I didn't know what to do with myself for passion. 1898 W. J. Locke Idols v. 64 What have you been doing with yourself all this time? 1958 J. Barth End of Road vi. 86 I had no self-convincing reason for continuing for a moment longer to do any of the things that I happened to be doing with myself. 1976 A. Purdy in G. Lynch & D. Rampton Canad. Ess. (1991) 205 Native kids have nothing to do with themselves. 1991 Rage 13 Feb. 38/2 I was just about to start chatting to them when their mother slapped them both across the head... I didn't know what to do with myself. 2010 H. Jacobson Finkler Question xi. 256 He was beginning to look like a man who didn't know what to do with himself next. 3. intransitive. a. To make do with, put up with, manage with. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > have recourse [verb (intransitive)] > make do with what is available doc1300 scamble1608 to make the best of a bad bargain1670 shift1680 fenda1682 to do with ——1715 manage1762 to make do1927 1715 S. Switzer Nobleman, Gentleman, & Gardener's Recreation vii. 160 For the other [sc. chestnut seedlings].., some will do with less Care. 1792 W. Borrow in M. F. G.-B. Giner & M. Montgomery Knaresborough Workhouse Daybk. (2003) 164 Robt Arey is an Jollo lad but will do with hard driving. 1816 J. Austen Emma II. ix. 176 A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing. View more context for this quotation 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 128/2 Persons in middle life can do with less sleep than children or very old persons. 2011 L. Gilkeson Backyard Bounty x. 222 Artichokes can do with less irrigation than other vegetables. b. colloquial. one could do with: one could make use of or profit from; one would be glad to have; one needs. ΚΠ 1783 R. Benson Let. 3 Nov. in T. W. Thompson Wordsworth's Hawkshead (1970) 335 I cd. also do with some Apples. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. iii. xxv. 197 Well, I could do wi't, if so be ye want to get rid on't. 1891 Law Times 90 443/1 We..could well do with a little leaven of the Nisi Prius leader. 1936 J. B. Priestley They walk in City vi. 140 Ah'll pay up, ay, an' Ah'll give it to t'lad. He could do wi' it. 1955 M. Gilbert Sky High xiv. 205 You look as if you could do with a wash and brush up. 1999 BBC Music Mag. Apr. 88/1 While the recording is admirably clear, I could have done with rather more resonance. c. British colloquial (originally Scottish). one cannot be doing with: one is unwilling to tolerate or be bothered with. ΚΠ 1896 ‘L. Keith’ Indian Uncle 166 We canna be doing wi' sick folks, us that has a fine gentleman veesitor on our hands. 1908 S. R. Crockett Deep Moat Grange iv. 33 Jeremy cannot be doing with grown women about the hoose o' Breckonside. 1966 B. Brophy Don't never Forget 313 Snobberies and titles are to her absurd affectations which she can't, as she says, ‘be doing with’. 1984 A. N. Wilson Hilaire Belloc (1986) iv. 67 Belloc was a man to whom sex was visibly important, but who nevertheless could not be doing with it. 2004 D. Peace GB 84 370/1 They'd come up to you in street and call you a liar to your face—I couldn't be doing with it. to do with (c) to do with (in a non-finite clause used as a postmodifier): connected with, relating to. ΚΠ 1932 C. Beaton Diary Feb. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) iv. 36 Schoolboy jokes, particularly those to do with the posterior portions of the anatomy. 1938 D. Thomas Let. 31 Aug. (1987) 322 None evasively or circumlocutionarily to do with fucking. 1948 Times 7 Dec. 5/4 Globical, globoid, globose, and globular all denote something to do with a globe. 1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill i. 33 After leisurely exchanges to do with the weather, hay prospects and certain newsy items, the fun started. 1963 K. Tynan Let. 20 Feb. (1994) v. 271 Anything to do with words is sure to make me prick up my mind. 1998 P. Grace Baby No-eyes (1999) xii. 104 Anything to do with computers is wanky. < as lemmas |
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