单词 | and the like |
释义 | > as lemmasand the like d. and the like: used at the end of a list to indicate that further, similar items are included; and so on, and so forth, et cetera. Similarly or the like. See also suchlike pron. a.Compare earlier parallel use of and other like, e.g. 1495 at sense 2b. ΚΠ 1556 M. Huggarde Displaying of Protestantes f. 19 There were also a secte called Manichæi, who not onely refused flesh, but also egges, milke & chese, and the lyke. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xxix. 173 Bowling is good for the Stone and Raines; Shooting for the longs & breast; gentle walking for the stomacke; riding for the head; and the like. 1653 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees 67 If it be Clay-ground, then bring in some warmer soyls to mixe with it, as Sand, Ashes, Sheeps-dung, Pigeons, or Hens-dung, or the like. 1710 O. Sansom Acct. Life 7 Young-men, at their vain Sports and Pastimes, as Ringing, Dancing and the like. 1773 H. Chapone Lett. Improvem. Mind II. 43 If you have any acquired talent..such as music, painting, or the like. 1833 S. Austin Characteristics Goethe I. ii. 30 Questions concerning time, space, mind, matter, God, immortality, and the like. 1852 W. E. Gladstone in Edinb. Rev. Apr. 362 The mundane, earthy, instruments of taxation, police, soldiery..and the like. 1932 Collier's 9 Jan. 40/1 In the hunting and fishing stage of a people the highly exchangeable articles are commonly shells, skins, animals' teeth..and the like. 1989 Brit. Archaeol. May 13/2 Every owner of a listed building, scheduled monument or the like should be aware of..this Guide. 2012 Guardian 17 Aug. 34/5 Happily, we are no longer permitted to discriminate against gender, sexuality, race, religion, disability and the like. < as lemmas |
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