英语词汇“a couple of words”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. A (short or slight) utterance, statement, or remark; a brief speech or conversation. Esp. as a word; similarly a word or two, a couple of words.

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the mind > language > speech > [noun] > that which is or can be spoken > short

a wordc1405

half a word1562

a couple of words1589

a few well-chosen words1854

OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xx. 3 Ic ahsige eow an word [L. unum verbum], andswariað me, wæs Iohannes fulluht of heofone?

lOE St. Margaret (Corpus Cambr.) (1994) 166 Ac ic þe bidde, eadige fæmne, þæt ic wið þe an word dælan mote.]

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 302 Now wol I speke of oothes false and grete A word or two, as olde bokes trete.

?c1425 T. Hoccleve Jonathas (Durh.) l. 213 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 223 Now, sire, yit a word, by your licence, Suffrith me for to seye and speke now.

c1450 (a1400) Libeaus Desconus (Calig. A.ii) (1969) 41 (MED) Kyng Artour, my lord, Graunte me to speke a word, J pray þe, par amour.

?c1500 Mary Magdalene (Digby) l. 1423 Master of þe shepe, a word with þe.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CCCiii Than if we be touched w^t a sharpe worde we shall yelde a..gentyll answere.

1581 T. Wilcox Glasse for Gamesters vi. sig. cv^v Nowe a worde or two, out of the fathers,..for the ouerthrowyng of Dise and Cardes.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 252 So occupied..in the Princes affaires, as it is a great matter to haue a couple of wordes with them.

1611 Bible (King James) Isa. l. 4 To speake a worde in season [1560 Geneva a worde in time] to him that is wearie.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection v. iv. 266* in Justice Vindicated It will not be amisse before I conclude to add a word or two in vindication of Sir Edward Coke.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. iii. 52 I entreated to be heard a Word or two.

1761 J. Wesley Let. 19 Feb. (1931) IV. 141 This ad hominem. But I have a word more ad rem. Can a man teach what he does not know?

1810 G. Crabbe Borough xxii. 299 Peter..had of all a civil word and wish.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 115 Some ordinary word of recognition passed between her and her mother.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxiii. 359 And now, gentlemen, but one word more.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 59 I have a word to say..which may seem to be depreciatory of legislators.

1909 Chatterbox 254/2 We may..say a word about nest-building among the mammalia.

1930 M. Waldman tr. J. Martet Georges Clemenceau xii. 71 I'll say a couple of words to him and then you're to take him away.

1959 Motor Man. (ed. 36) v. 130 A word or two should be said on the subject of tyre pressures.

1990 A. Lambert No Talking after Lights viii. 151 She hoped..that she herself could find a moment..for a quiet word with her about the death of her mother.

2000 S. Kinsella Secret Dreamworld Shopaholic i. 18 Philip the editor calls my name... ‘Rebecca?’ he says. ‘A word.’ And he beckons me over to his desk.

单词	a couple of words
释义	> as lemmas a couple of words c. A (short or slight) utterance, statement, or remark; a brief speech or conversation. Esp. as a word; similarly a word or two, a couple of words. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [noun] > that which is or can be spoken > short a wordc1405 half a word1562 a couple of words1589 a few well-chosen words1854 OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xx. 3 Ic ahsige eow an word [L. unum verbum], andswariað me, wæs Iohannes fulluht of heofone? lOE St. Margaret (Corpus Cambr.) (1994) 166 Ac ic þe bidde, eadige fæmne, þæt ic wið þe an word dælan mote.] c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 302 Now wol I speke of oothes false and grete A word or two, as olde bokes trete. ?c1425 T. Hoccleve Jonathas (Durh.) l. 213 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 223 Now, sire, yit a word, by your licence, Suffrith me for to seye and speke now. c1450 (a1400) Libeaus Desconus (Calig. A.ii) (1969) 41 (MED) Kyng Artour, my lord, Graunte me to speke a word, J pray þe, par amour. ?c1500 Mary Magdalene (Digby) l. 1423 Master of þe shepe, a word with þe. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CCCiii Than if we be touched w^t a sharpe worde we shall yelde a..gentyll answere. 1581 T. Wilcox Glasse for Gamesters vi. sig. cv^v Nowe a worde or two, out of the fathers,..for the ouerthrowyng of Dise and Cardes. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 252 So occupied..in the Princes affaires, as it is a great matter to haue a couple of wordes with them. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. l. 4 To speake a worde in season [1560 Geneva a worde in time] to him that is wearie. View more context for this quotation 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection v. iv. 266* in Justice Vindicated It will not be amisse before I conclude to add a word or two in vindication of Sir Edward Coke. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. iii. 52 I entreated to be heard a Word or two. 1761 J. Wesley Let. 19 Feb. (1931) IV. 141 This ad hominem. But I have a word more ad rem. Can a man teach what he does not know? 1810 G. Crabbe Borough xxii. 299 Peter..had of all a civil word and wish. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 115 Some ordinary word of recognition passed between her and her mother. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxiii. 359 And now, gentlemen, but one word more. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 59 I have a word to say..which may seem to be depreciatory of legislators. 1909 Chatterbox 254/2 We may..say a word about nest-building among the mammalia. 1930 M. Waldman tr. J. Martet Georges Clemenceau xii. 71 I'll say a couple of words to him and then you're to take him away. 1959 Motor Man. (ed. 36) v. 130 A word or two should be said on the subject of tyre pressures. 1990 A. Lambert No Talking after Lights viii. 151 She hoped..that she herself could find a moment..for a quiet word with her about the death of her mother. 2000 S. Kinsella Secret Dreamworld Shopaholic i. 18 Philip the editor calls my name... ‘Rebecca?’ he says. ‘A word.’ And he beckons me over to his desk. extracted from wordn.int. < as lemmas
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