| 单词 | good stuff |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgood stuff c. Applied to articles of food or drink. good stuff, the stuff (colloquial): whisky.See also kitchen stuff n., sweet-stuff n. at sweet adj. and adv. Compounds 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > [noun] > food and drink (a) bit (later bite) and (a) sup1546 stuff1600 ingesta1741 something1778 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] usquebaugh1581 creature1638 corn-brandy1704 whisky1715 usque1728 spunkiea1796 skreigh1813 the stuff1828 snake poison1842 tanglefoot1860 whisky-straight1864 oil1869 Auld Kirk1884 snake juice1890 screech1902 scat1914 pinch bottle1916 screecham1923 juice1932 malt1967 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 61 Theres a whole marchants venture of Burdeux stuffe in him. View more context for this quotation 1678 in Jrnl. Friends' Hist. Soc. (1912) IX. 193 Who being gone from the fathers house where ther is Liueing bread enough, his owne Company are glad of his dry huskey stufe. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 57 Wretched gripe-gut Stuff. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses vi. 23 My Friend Nic and I, not being used to such heady Stuff [champagne], got bloody Drunk. 1828 T. C. Croker Fairy Legends & Trad. S. Ireland II. 191 Dropping the glass, and it full of the stuff too, I bolted out of the door. 1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross I. iv. 62 A farmer and brewer, and making pretty good stuff; ‘Dobbs's Ale’. 1861 G. Meredith Evan Harrington I. xi. 194 The guests had arrived at that stage when to reach the arm, or arrange the person, for a sip of good stuff, causes moral debates. 1886 D. C. Murray Aunt Rachel II. i. 12 Tek a shillin' and get a drop o' good stuff wi' it, an' warm up that old gizzard o' thine. 1895 B. Stoker Watter's Mou' i. 5 Despite of all vigilance, a considerable amount of ‘stuff’ finds its way to the consumers without the formality of the Custom House. 1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad lxii. 92 Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink For fellows whom it hurts to think. great (also good, excellent, etc.) stuff colloquial. great (also good, excellent, etc.) stuff: used to express approval, encouragement, or agreement; later also in weakened use, as a general conversational filler. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > approval [interjection] exactly1866 yah! yah!1886 good stuff1909 good (also nice) thinking1968 roots1974 shiok1977 big-up1993 1909 Lyceumite & Talent Sept. 27/3 ‘Hurrah!’.. ‘Great Stuff, Old Man!’ 1917 Boys' Life Oct. 32/2 ‘Let's drive all night and get to Keene Valley in the morning.’ ‘Great stuff, all right. I'm for it.’ 1931 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 159/3 I say, in Bill's language: ‘Atta boy! Good stuff!’ And let it go at that. 1984 Washington Post 17 May (Va. Weekly section) 16/3 Rochelle..reports that it's therefore six months since she set aside cigarettes forever. Great stuff! 1994 BBC Worldwide Nov. 72/1 Watching new presenter..Miles wittering through his first interviews. I felt my fingers itch on the remote control when he replied ‘excellent stuff’ for the third time. 2012 D. Nobbs Fall & Rise of G. Coppinger 78 ‘I am Bulgarian. I no have this culture of booze.’ ‘Great stuff. Good man.’ < as lemmas |
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