单词 | how so? |
释义 | > as lemmashow so? Phrases P1. how so? a. Interrogative: How is it so? How is that? ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > making inquiries [phrase] how so?a1375 what, how seemeth you?1485 what reck?a1513 what is the matter?c1520 what about ——1662 what's the row?1810 how come?1848 whassa1906 since when?1907 what'sa matter1935 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 980 ‘Þis man..þat neȝh is driue to þe deþ al for youre sake!’ ‘How so for my sake?’ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5207 How sua, es þar na noþer king? c1450 Erle Tolous 847 A, devyll! he seyde, how soo? a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. v. 65 How so sir, did she change her determination? View more context for this quotation 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) How so? Puis, et puis? comment cela? ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > [adverb] > in whatever way how so?c1275 howsomevera1300 howeverc1380 howa1400 howsoeverc1450 anyway1642 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12828 Þat we hine læteð ane. faren heu swa [c1300 Otho don wat-so] he wule. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xvii. 183 Vnfolden or folden my fuste & myn paume, Al is but an hande how so I torne it. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme li. 50 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 51 O lord how soe I stand or fall, Leaue not thy loued Sion to embrace. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > on condition that [conjunction] > although thoughc888 thoughc1050 allc1225 when1297 how so?c1330 althougha1350 ifa1400 if alla1400 though all?a1400 andc1400 suppose1400 albeit?a1425 albec1450 wella1470 even though1697 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 16305 Ȝit wot non how hit wyl bynde [v.r. ende]; Hou so bitwyxt hem be strif or stresse. c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) iii. 113 How so be it that þe Ffrenche kynge reignith vppon is peple dominio regali, yet [etc.]. c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) iv. 116 How so be it þat thai do so ayenst thar willes. 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres ii. xc. sig. L Welcome come, how so vnfortunate. 1614 J. Norden Custom in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 310 [They] shall never fall, howso they seeme to slide. P2. †how and about: with reference to, (all) about. here's how! a formula used in drinking healths. how chance: see chance v. 5. how, when, and where: a game of guessing, in which the guesser asks the questions ‘How do you like it? When do you like it?’ etc., of each of the other players. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > in relation to [phrase] > in respect of or with regard to in wise ofc1290 by (also for) reason ofa1350 as to (the) regard ofc1392 in regard of or toc1392 upon the side ofa1393 with regard toc1392 in respect of?a1425 in this (also that) behalf1458 upon the feat of1483 for (the) respect of1489 as pertains to1526 in order to1526 with respect1556 ad idem1574 on this behalf1581 in or with reference to1593 quoad hoc1601 in point of1605 with intuition to (of)1626 in the mention of1638 in terms of1704 how and about1753 as regards1797 as concerns1816 w.r.t.1956 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > guessing game > specific what's my thought like?1748 twenty questions1786 charade1826 how, when, and where1843 proverbs1855 hy-spy1876 game1937 I spy (with my little eye)1946 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. ix. 46 Emily wrote you all how-and-about it. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xvi. 58 Be good, and write me every-thing how and about it. 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol iii. 113 At the game of How, When, and Where, she was very great. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 99 Yes, a health to ourselves ere we scatter... Here's how! 1925 Springfield Union 20 Nov. They now say ‘Bungo!’ instead of ‘Here's how!’ over cocktails. 1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge ii. i. 152 ‘Well,’ said Mr. Hull, holding up his glass,..‘here's how!’ 1959 E. Burgess Divided we Fall xi. 132 Martin was clasping a tumbler half filled with whisky. ‘Here's how,’ said the fat man. P3. how come? colloquial (originally U.S.) phr.: how did (or does) it come about (that)? Cf. come v. 32. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > making inquiries [phrase] how so?a1375 what, how seemeth you?1485 what reck?a1513 what is the matter?c1520 what about ——1662 what's the row?1810 how come?1848 whassa1906 since when?1907 what'sa matter1935 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms How-come? rapidly pronounced huc-cum, in Virginia. Doubtless an English phrase, brought over by the original settlers, and propagated even among the negro slaves. The meaning is, How did what you tell me happen? How came it? 1897 R. M. Stuart In Simpkinsville 230 She heard Miss Euphemia wonderin' the other day how come the right shoulder of her black silk dress to wear out. 1930 Sat. Evening Post 8 Mar. 12/1 These firms assert blandly to..journalists who ring them up, wishful to know how come, they have nothing against women. 1932 T. S. Eliot Sweeney Agonistes 17 Hello Doris! Hello Dusty! How do you do! How come? how come? will you permit me ——. 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling iv. 34 That's how come him to have appetite for a nip o' pore old Betsy. 1957 New Yorker 13 July 19/1 These days, the sensation of the stamp-collecting world is United Nations commemorative stamps. How come? 1958 G. Mitchell Spotted Hemlock xviii. 210 How come they didn't spot her? 1959 H. Hobson Mission House Murder xviii. 122 ‘How come you make it murder?’ he asked. 1969 in H. Halpert & G. M. Story Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland 213 How come you ain't got Wallace with you tonight? 1971 Black World Oct. 62/1 So that's how come I asked My Man Bovanne to dance. 1973 T. Allbeury Choice of Enemies iv. 16 ‘Well, we are getting a bit like the Krauts, you know.’ ‘How come?’ how so? b. After adverbs and conjunctions, as how so?, not so, if so, etc. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5207 How sua, es þar na noþer king? 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke i. f. lxxiijv Not soo, but he shalbe called Ihon. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 155 This hath nothing lesse then that. Why so? 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 312 If Foxes bene so crafty, as so. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. Kv That Edmund laid a plot, To set his brother free, no more but so. 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode i. i. 13 Dor. I am glad he pitcht upon Loveit. Bell. How so? 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xiv. 256 He will not die unless we abandon him, and if so, we are indeed answerable for his blood. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Lady Clare in Poems (new ed.) II. 197 ‘Nay now,..keep the secret all ye can.’ She said ‘Not so.’ 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxxxv. 1 Half I hate, half love. How so? one haply requireth. 1896 G. N. Boothby Dr. Nikola i. 20 ‘I know China as well as any living Englishman.’ ‘Quite so.’ < as lemmas |
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