| 单词 | how that |
| 释义 | > as lemmashow that 10. With weakened meaning, introducing an indirect statement, after verbs of saying, perceiving, and the like: = That. Formerly frequently how that, and in modern dialect speech as how (see as conj. 26). see how still more or less calls attention to the manner. ΚΠ c1000 Ælfric Joshua ii. 10 We gehirdon..hu ge ofslogon..Seon and Og. 13.. K. Alis. 1565 He..saide to the kyng, How his fadir hette Felip. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2732 We witen wel quat is bi-tid, Quuow gister-dai was slagen and hid. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 527 Hym thoughte how þt the wynged god Mercurye Biforn hym stood. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lvii A letter was brought..certefiyng him how he was elected to be a Cardinal. 1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxix. 3 Seing quhow all erdly thingis wor subiect to mutatioun. 1611 Bible (King James) Ruth i. 6 Shee had heard..how that the Lord had visited his people. View more context for this quotation 1709 I. Watts Hymns & Spiritual Songs (ed. 2) ii. 167 Sing how he left the Worlds of Light. 1750 T. Smollett Roderick Random (ed. 3) I. iii. 15 He was well informed as how, Rory was the best scholar of his age. 1801 Monthly Rev. 35 358 ‘If people knew as how they could talk, they would be obliged to work also.’ 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol iii. 98 Bob Cratchit told them how he had a situation in his eye for Master Peter. how that 13. In what way, manner, condition, etc.; by what means; in the way that; however; as. (Formerly also how that.) †how were it, past tense of howbeit adv. and conj. (Cf. however adv.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > [adverb] > in the way that howa1400 the world > action or operation > manner of action > [adverb] > in whatever way how so?c1275 howsomevera1300 howeverc1380 howa1400 howsoeverc1450 anyway1642 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [adverb] > by what means? wherewithc1175 howa1400 whereby1526 wherewithal1535 a1400 Pistill of Susan 202 We schul presenten þis pleint, hou þou euer be paied. 1427 Rolls Parl. IV. 326/2 Howe were it, þat it be not þought, þat any such þing wetyngly proceded of your entent. c1475 Partenay 3207 Hou were it that ioy of hys fader had, And of Melusine his moders welfaire. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. ii. 12 Looke how we can..Interpretation will misquote our lookes. View more context for this quotation 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 235 That what she had atchiev'd..She should dispose of how she pleas'd. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 57 Be that how it will. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 293 He would go as a Merchant, or how I pleas'd to order him. 1837 J. H. Newman Lect. Prophetical Office Church 105 He left them to gather the great truth for themselves how they could. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 176 Others strove to escape how they might among the ditches. < as lemmas |
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