| 单词 | if it was ever so |
| 释义 | > as lemmasif it was ever so (ii) English regional (now archaic and rare). if it was ever so: however great the need might be. ΚΠ 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 215 ‘I wouldn't do it if it were ever so,’ i.e. nothing should induce me to do it. 1858 C. M. Yonge Christmas Mummers viii. 115 I couldn't lead the worship if it was ever so! 1882 E. L. Chamberlain Gloss. W. Worcs. Words (at cited word) ‘I wunt ax 'im for bread, not if it was ever so’. 1973 P. O'Brian HMS Surprise (1996) iv. 74 When I nursed Moss on his death-bed, he was that cross and fractious! No goose-pie, no mandragore, no posset, not if it was ever so. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 93/2 Yon doctor ast me ter show 'im me chist, but A cunt, not even if it wus ever so. Tint daycent, it int, a man seein' me chist! < as lemmas |
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