| 单词 | any but |
| 释义 | > as lemmasany but Phrases P1. any but. a. Anybody or anything except (that specified). ΚΠ 1481 (a1470) J. Tiptoft tr. Cicero De Amicicia (Caxton) sig. a6 They ne shal but denye, that name of goodnesse to be graunted to ony, but to wise men. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxix. f. cxciiiv/2 No lorde sente any but [Fr. ne..que ceulx] of their owne seruauntes. 1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 66 I have red one wonder of hyr, whiche I neuer hearde of in any but in hir, that is, that she never shewed affection to any man. 1623 R. Jobson Golden Trade 46 An open house, where stands his chaire empty, vnlawfull for any but himselfe to sit in. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler vii. 160 This dish of meat is too good for any but Anglers. View more context for this quotation 1728 A. Ramsay 1st Answer to Somerville 76 Nor will North Britain yield for fouth Of ilka thing, and fellows couth To ony but her sister South. 1741 J. Wilford Memorials & Characters 498 It was wholly impossible for any but those which knew otherwise, not to have mistaken her for their natural Mother. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. II. xx. 113 Would any but a poet..have brought all the different marks and circumstances of a sea-loch before the mind. 1897 E. Lynn Linton George Eliot in Women Novelists 101 A task beyond the power of any but the few Masters of our literature. 1963 A. Beales Educ. under Penalty i. ii. 18 The monasteries had long ceased, most of them, to teach any but interns. 2003 B. Bryson Short Hist. Nearly Everything (2004) xx. 377 The attributes that distinguish archaea from bacteria are not the sort that would quicken the pulse of any but a biologist. b. Of any kind other than (that specified). ΚΠ 1598 tr. J. de Serres Hist. Coll. 266 He prohibited all publike exercise of any but the Romish religion. 1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. i. 9 That the Apostles should leave the Care of all the Churches, to take up that of one Particular Church,..can never go down with any but a Roman Swallow. 1727 S. Switzer Pract. Kitchen Gardiner vii. lvi. 295 Some few tops [of parsley] may be indeed used in sallets, but it is a little too coarse for any but rusticated palates. 1789 W. Cowper Let. 22 Apr. (1982) III. 279 The burthen..too heavy for any but Atlantean shoulders. 1826 M. Wilmot Let. 25 Sept. (1935) 250 My eyes are too weak to count the threads of any but coarse canvas. 1880 W. MacCormac Antiseptic Surg. 103 The volatility of the acid renders any but recently prepared gauze untrustworthy. 1939 Archit. Rev. 86 62/1 It is scarcely conceivable that any but an American designer would have designed such a building: it is ‘styling’ applied to architecture. 2004 B. Greene Fabric of Cosmos 513 The wavefunction..is merely a theoretical tool for making (probabilistic) predictions and should not be accorded any but mathematical reality. P2. any and every: each without exception (of the specified kind); every single; each and every. Cf. all and sundry at all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj. Phrases 5b. ΚΠ 1558–9 Act 1 Elizabeth I c. 20 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 382 And of every Twentye shillinges value of Tynne and Pewter Vessell caried oute of thy yor Realme by any and every Marchaunte Alyen dij d. over and above the xij d. aforesayd. 1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. v. 462 His authoritie excelled any and euery one of his fellowes. a1651 Disc. Difference Long Prayers 11 in R. Steward Several Short, but Seasonable Disc. (1684) Their hands were imployed in any and every of their works upon earth. 1793 T. Jefferson Rep. 16 Dec. in Public & Private Papers (1990) 120 Where a nation refuses permission to our merchants and factors to reside within certain parts of their dominions, we may..refuse residence to theirs in any and every part of ours. 1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. II. 378/2 The term misplaced gout..has been applied to any and every incidental disease occurring in a gouty habit. 1888 Sat. Rev. 4 Aug. 133/1 Those who..profess themselves willing to take, ‘lying down’, any and every inconvenience that the victorious Irish may inflict. 1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes i. iv. 172 The brother..is a modern Churchman, which means, as far as I can see, an attachment to any and every belief save the dogmas of his own religion. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Mar. 20/1 Betrayal, booze and bad luck put paid to any and every scheme. P3. any day (also minute, moment, time, etc.): (anticipating a possible event or outcome) very soon; imminently; within a short time. Also in form any day now and variants.Cf. any day (of the week) at day n. Phrases 9g. ΚΠ 1770 L. Carter Diary 31 Aug. (1965) I. 479 Those hands..might any time produce me 500 bushels of wheat which they could not do when sown in Tobacco ground. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. v. 132 A crater-crust which may crack and spue fire any day. 1865 ‘L. Carroll’ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland viii. 122 Alice..had not as yet had any dispute with the Queen, but she knew that it might happen any minute. 1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror ii. 32 He said this girl..might be leaving the party any moment now. 1956 W. Golding Pincher Martin (1960) 139 I shall be rescued any day now. 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 17 Baby Nathan looks as if he could wake up and start bawling for his dinner any second. P4. Originally and chiefly U.S. any which way: in any way whatsoever; in whatever way; (also) in a random way, haphazardly. Cf. every which way adv. ΚΠ 1831 Star & Republican Banner (Gettysburg, Pa.) 27 Dec. I can make nayther head not tail to it—nor swallow it up not down—nor git it any which way at all at all. 1860 T. C. Haliburton Season-ticket ii. 53 But bleedin' at the heart, marm, is sudden death any which way you fix it. 1936 C. Day Life with Father 213 After the first two or three drawers had had their upper levels fixed up, things were pushed into the others any which way, and when she was through they were locked. 1974 T. P. Whitney tr. A. Solzhenitsyn Gulag Archipel. I. i. v. 193 The tractor was driven any which way by whoever happened along and was quickly ruined. 2005 Olive July 135/1 The locals continue to prepare it any which way, pounding it, mincing it, marinating it, frying it, steaming it, grilling it and stewing it in gravy. P5. any good: (in predicative use, chiefly in negative, interrogative, and conditional contexts) at all good (in various senses); of any ability, competence, quality, utility, or value. [Perhaps originally after no good.] ΚΠ 1866 Good Words Jan. 2/2 The blacksmith’s house, you know, was burned down, and his kind of a register-—if it was any good, and I am sure I don’t know if it was any good—and then that woman died. 1880 Harper's Mag. June 138/1 And when I buy a goose unplucked, if his quills are any good, his legs won't carve, and his gizzard is full of gravel-stones! 1901 Punch 31 July 88/2 Oh, chuck it! I never was any good at arithmetic! 1914 C. E. A. Philipps Let. 13 Nov. in L. Housman War Lett. Fallen Englishmen (2002) 213 Nothing can shift our squadron unless a Black Maria happens to do us in, as no trench is any good against them. 1985 Guardian 15 July 1/8 Are work shadow schemes any good? 2014 S. Dharmapala Saree (2015) 28 You must practise designing to be any good at it. P6. colloquial. a. any old: any person or thing of a specified type without distinction or discrimination; any —— whatsoever. Cf. sense A. 3 and old adj. 16c. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specified > of any kind any kinsOE anyOE any kinc1175 any old1896 1833 R. Sharp Diary 5 Mar. (1997) 407 Newlove was selling his Furniture by Auction yesterday..; we neither wanted any old Riff Raff, nor had any Money to waste in it.] 1896 G. Ade Artie xviii. 171 Any old farmer..could buy up him and a hundred more like him. 1911 R. W. Chambers Common Law ii. 63 ‘Would you like to have a chance to study?’..‘Study? What?’ ‘Sculpture—any old thing!’ 1958 B. Hamilton Too Much of Water iv. 78 His steward..just shoves some fruit in his cabin, any old time. 2002 M. McGrath Silvertown (2003) viii. 86 Len likes his morning slice. And not just any old slice, but the right kind of slice fried in the right kind of way. b. any old thing: see thing n.1 Phrases 15. c. any old how. (a) In any case; at any rate. Cf. anyhow adv. 3a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > at all events, at any rate alwayc1405 alwaysa1413 of all hands1548 when all is said and done?1570 after all1590 howevera1616 at all rates1667 at any rate1730 whether or no1784 anyhow1799 anyways1828 anyhows1830 anyway1832 any road1855 anywise1859 whatever1870 any old how1900 anyhoo1924 nohow1926 anyroads1929 1900 L. S. Dorr Mills of Gods ii. 11 I'd like to know what he was after. If it was to find out how many Dacres there be, he didn't get full measure, pressed down, running over, any old how. 1924 P. Creswick Beaten Path xxxiii. 183 Yes, she likes me. But liking's nothing. Well, any old how, I had to tell you. 1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights ii. 34 Any old how..he managed to get behind him. 1995 K. Coles Measurable World ii. vi. 141 I'd say you were lucky to get him, any old how. (b) In a haphazard manner; unmethodically, carelessly. Cf. anyhow adv. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > unmethodically immethodically1624 amethodically1631 unmethodically1632 desultorily1664 any old how1904 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adverb] > hastily or haphazardly scramblingly1652 any old how1904 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > irregular [phrase] > at random at random1543 any old how1933 1904 E. C. Wilson Pedagogues & Parents x. 201 The teacher hunts down the examples in various arithmetics, writes them on the board, often hurriedly..; he does it accurately, perhaps, but ‘any old how’. 1933 Punch 23 Aug. 216/1 Scenes like a splash of confetti Hurled any old how. 1937 M. Hillis Orchids on your Budget v. 81 The kind of woman who gets herself up any-old-how..deserves just what she gets. 2008 P. Hensher Northern Clemency 179 As you went into the mine, the passages were more and more provisional,..the sides just hacked out any old how. d. Originally U.S. any old way: in no particular manner or order; in any way whatsoever; ‘any old how’. ΚΠ 1936 Sat. Evening Post 8 Feb. 17 [A fighter] named Connie McVey.., willing to pick up money any old way. 1995 Gusto! June 38/1 Strawberries are sexy. Eat them any old way—moussed, marinated in red wine..or topped with chocolate. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home xvi. 216 The terrorists were dead, killed by rockets and bombs... There were eight of them, lying where they'd been thrown, any old way. P7. a. not to have any (of it, that, this): to want no part in something; to turn down a proposition, reject an overture. Later also in more positive sense: to refuse to accept or tolerate something. Usually in continuous tenses. Cf. not to be taking any at take v. Phrases 5e. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > reject awarpc1000 forwerpeOE warpc1000 nillOE warnc1300 reprovec1350 to put abacka1382 to throw awaya1382 repugnc1384 to put awaya1387 waivec1386 forshoota1400 disavowc1400 defyc1405 disprovec1430 repelc1443 flemea1450 to put backa1500 reject?1504 refutea1513 repulse1533 refel1548 repudiate1548 disallowa1555 project?1567 expel1575 discard1578 overrule1578 forsay1579 check1601 decard1605 dismiss1608 reprobate1609 devow1610 retorta1616 disclaimc1626 noforsootha1644 respuate1657 reluctate1668 negative1778 no-ball1862 basket1867 to set one's foot down1873 not to have any (of it, that, this)1895 to put down1944 eighty-six1959 neg1987 1895 Chambers's Jrnl. 7 Dec. 776/2 Oh! if there's any hocus-pocus to be done, why, I'm not having any. 1905 A. Henderson in E. T. Whittaker et al. Man's Place in Creation 35 The verdict pronounced by the masses has been: ‘If this is religion..then I am not having any of it.’ 1923 D. H. Lawrence Stud. Classic Amer. Lit. vii. 133 Hester urges Dimmesdale to go away with her, to a new country, to a new life. He isn't having any. 1940 J. Hanley Our Time is Gone 456 Come on, you! Not having any of this now! 1951 J. Steinbeck Burning Bright i. 24 I came in to tell you once and finally what I think of that stuff you were telling me. I won't have any of it. 1990 J. Buffong in N. Payne & J. Buffong Jump-up-and-kiss-me 189 Mammy wasn't having any of that. She said anybody who ‘don't wash their hand’ is not staying in her house. 2000 D. Ginsberg Waiting x. 255 He pointed out to the waitress that she'd charged him incorrectly, but she wasn't having any of it. b. not to get any change out of: see change n. Phrases 5e. P8. a. at any cost: see cost n.3 Phrases 2a. at any price: see price n. 7. at any rate: see rate n.1 Phrases 3. by any chance: see chance n., adj., and adv. Phrases 1. by any (manner of) means: see mean n.3 Phrases 4. in any case: see case n.1 Phrases 4b. in any sense: see sense n. 7. in any shape or form: see shape n.1 9b. b. any other business: see business n. Phrases 25. any chance of: see chance n., adj., and adv. Additions. any gate: see gate n.2 2. to get any: see get v. Phrases 2f. any port in a storm: see port n.1 3c. < as lemmas |
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