单词 | as was |
释义 | > as lemmasas was c. that was (also (colloquial) as was): (a) added following the name of a deceased person; (b) added when a married woman is referred to by her maiden name; also in extended use, ‘as he (it, etc.) was formerly (known as)’. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > recently dead latea1422 new-dead?a1425 umquhile1431 deceased1490 that wasa1500 feu1813 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [adjective] > referring to former name née1758 that was1785 a1500 (c1465) in J. Gairdner Three 15th-cent. Chrons. (1880) 79 (MED) Roger Water, late purcer to Kynge Henry that was. 1785 A. Seward Let. 31 Dec. (1811) I. 97 Miss Jenny Harry that was, for she afterwards married. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. xi. 236 I see Mr. Ferrars myself, ma'am, this morning in Exeter, and his lady too, Miss Steele as was. 1865 E. C. Gaskell Cousin Phillis iii. 91 Her mother's sister, Lydia Green, her own aunt as was, died of a decline just when she was about this lass's age. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch IV. viii. lxxiv. 201 I am not so sorry for Rosamond Vincy that was, as I am for her aunt. 1924 J. Buchan Three Hostages i. 18 One [letter]..was from Lord Artinswell—Sir Walter Bullivant, as was. 1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon 21 Her new ladyship, Miss Vane that was, went down to Oxford the day before. 1967 Listener 30 Nov. 689/1 You went to the War Office for a bit didn't you?... Ministry of Munitions as was. 1977 N. Marsh Last Ditch v. 135 A..photograph displayed a truculent young woman... ‘That's Dulce [sic],’ said Sergeant Plank. ‘That was,’ he added. 1993 Bookseller (BNC) 2 Apr. 46 The autobiography of former Sex Pistol John Lydon (Rotten, as was). < as lemmas |
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