单词 | in the shape of |
释义 | > as lemmasin the shape of 10. in the shape of: extracted from shapen.1 a. Represented by, embodied in (a person or thing). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adverb] > embodied in after the fleshc1384 in the shape of1753 1753 T. Gray Long Story in Six Poems 17 Fame in the shape of Mr. P---t..Had told, that [etc.]. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. ii. ii. 100 We there saw Military Rule, in the shape of poor Besenval. 1968 Listener 28 Mar. 400/3 The BBC in the shape of Harman Grisewood referred him to the government. 1976 Eastern Evening News (Norwich) 22 Dec. 14/4 Gothic had mixed luck, falling foul of County Council in the shape of David Simpson. b. Of the nature of. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > character or nature > of the nature or character of [phrase] in the shape of1754 1754 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 23 May There is nothing else in the shape of news but small-pox and miliary fevers. 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting iii. 90 I had nothing in the shape of food. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe i. 66 I love everything in the shape of a mountain. c. In the form of, existing or presenting itself as. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > extrinsically [phrase] > in the form of in the shape of1823 1822 C. Lamb Detached Thoughts on Bks. in Elia 2nd Ser. I can read anything which I call a book. There are things in that shape which I cannot allow for such.] 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. ii. 52 I pique not myself upon managing steel in any other shape than that of a razor. 1835 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Acharnians 1 (note) To gain admission even into this place, it was necessary for the anapæst to present itself in an unbroken form, or..in the shape of a preposition with its case immediately following. 1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 272 I made an earnest appeal for recognition of his services in the shape of a small pension. < as lemmas |
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