英语词汇“know what i mean”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. transitive. colloquial. (if) you know (also see, understand) what I mean: expressing a hope that one has been understood (esp. when one has spoken imprecisely, circumspectly, or euphemistically). Now also know what I mean: used as an intensifier, or appended to a statement by way of innuendo or insinuation, or as a filler.

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1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle v. ii. sig. Eiii^v For feare of Hobgobling, you wot wel what I meane, As long as it is sence, I feare me yet ye be scarce cleane.]

1846 G. E. Jewsbury Sel. Lett. to J. W. Carlyle (1892) 203 There would be a want of reverence in it, if you understand what I mean.

1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux II. xvii. 134 I'm afraid it is far fetched, Ma'am—if you understand what I mean.

1919 P. G. Wodehouse Damsel in Distress x There's nobody I think a more corking sportsman than Maud, if you know what I mean, but..I'm most frightfully in love with somebody else.

1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) iv. 33 A little grease is what makes this world go round. One hand washes the other. Know what I mean? You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.

1968 Guardian 24 Apr. 9/8 If I thought..he was going to back-chat me like he does now..I'd half-kill him now, you know what I mean?

1974 Sunday Times 20 Jan. 12/4 [He'll] be only too keen to get back to his boat, if you see what I mean.

1995 Smash Hits 29 Mar. 14/4 A couple of my old mates let someone down, and they just got beaten up and darked, know what I mean?

单词	know what i mean
释义	> as lemmas know what I mean d. transitive. colloquial. (if) you know (also see, understand) what I mean: expressing a hope that one has been understood (esp. when one has spoken imprecisely, circumspectly, or euphemistically). Now also know what I mean: used as an intensifier, or appended to a statement by way of innuendo or insinuation, or as a filler. ΚΠ 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle v. ii. sig. Eiii^v For feare of Hobgobling, you wot wel what I meane, As long as it is sence, I feare me yet ye be scarce cleane.] 1846 G. E. Jewsbury Sel. Lett. to J. W. Carlyle (1892) 203 There would be a want of reverence in it, if you understand what I mean. 1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux II. xvii. 134 I'm afraid it is far fetched, Ma'am—if you understand what I mean. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Damsel in Distress x There's nobody I think a more corking sportsman than Maud, if you know what I mean, but..I'm most frightfully in love with somebody else. 1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) iv. 33 A little grease is what makes this world go round. One hand washes the other. Know what I mean? You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. 1968 Guardian 24 Apr. 9/8 If I thought..he was going to back-chat me like he does now..I'd half-kill him now, you know what I mean? 1974 Sunday Times 20 Jan. 12/4 [He'll] be only too keen to get back to his boat, if you see what I mean. 1995 Smash Hits 29 Mar. 14/4 A couple of my old mates let someone down, and they just got beaten up and darked, know what I mean? extracted from meanv.¹ < as lemmas
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