| 单词 | how were it |
| 释义 | > as lemmashow were it 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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