单词 | anyplace |
释义 | anyplaceadv.n. A. adv. 1. North American colloquial. In or at any place; = anywhere adv. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > anywhere owhereeOE ouerwherea1400 anywhere1447 in nature1661 anywheres1775 anyplace1819 1819 Reporter (Washington, Pa.) 12 July (advt.) His mother..lives as often in the stone house, adjoining the sheriff's office, as any place else. 1841 Farthing Jrnl. (No. 17) 67/2 I'm safe to do my work, any place, any how, any time. 1853 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 18 July (advt.) Orders will be filled at as low prices as any place in the West. 1855 Defiance (Ohio) Democrat 25 Aug. We do think the Democrat to be as good a county paper as is published any-place about here. 1948 J. Steinbeck Russ. Jrnl. (1949) v. 111 The tycoon..makes it impossible for the correspondent to publish it anyplace else. 1999 J. Lloyd & E. Rees Come Together x. 274 I used to be the Martini girl of sleep: I could do it anytime, anyplace, anywhere. 2010 Wall St. Jrnl. 7 Apr. c1/6 The cards..can be used anyplace that accepts credit or debit cards for payment. 2. To any place; = anywhere adv. 1. Usually with go. ΚΠ 1850 T. S. Arthur Orphan Children xx. 112 ‘We can't go any place, we don't know nobody,’ Alice replied, despondingly. 1942 B. Bandel Let. Nov. in S. J. Bugbee Officer & Lady (2004) 44 They couldn't imagine a full colonel going anyplace with only a lowly shavetail in tow. 1967 P. Marshall in New World Q. 3 98/2 I don't like to go anyplace with you St. Andrews people, you know. 1995 J. Jenkins Christianity ii. 153 You may be sent anyplace where there is oppression, exploitation, human misery. 2012 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 5 Dec. c4/2 Leave your credit cards at home if you plan to go anyplace where extravagant items are likely to be displayed. B. n. Originally and chiefly North American. Any unspecified, unknown, or fictional place; esp. an ordinary place that could be anywhere.Cf. Anytown n., noplace n., someplace n. ΚΠ 1918 Postage Jan. 28/1 (advt.) This gentleman is an old friend of ours... He is Mr. Average Man, of Anyplace, America. 1968 Pop. Mech. Mar. 220/2 It [sc. the Supersonic Age] will mean that [people] can contemplate a day trip..from Anyplace, U.S.A., to Anywhere, the World. 1984 L. Rooke Bolt White Cloth 93 Joe lived hell-and-gone from anyplace and I didn't know how I'd get home. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 15 June (Front section) 1/1 She was soon lounging here by the Mediterranean, a working-class anybody from an anyplace deep in Russia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.n.1819 |
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