单词 | let us see |
释义 | > as lemmaslet us (also let's) see (b) let me see, let us (also let's) see: used to indicate that one is thinking or trying to remember something before making a statement or answering a question. (Sometimes simply as an expression of hesitation.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > remember [phrase] let me seec1405 let us (also let's) see1764 the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > indicating reflection [phrase] for all the worlda1375 let me seec1405 let us (also let's) see1764 it makes you think1879 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 575 But now sire, lat me se, what shal I seyn? a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Biiii Abyde lette me se, take better hede Cockes harte it is cloked colusyon. 1533 J. Heywood Mery Play Iohan Iohan sig. A.ii But abyde a whyle yet let me se Where the dyuell hath our gyssypry begon. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 42 Let me see, hath any bodie in Yarmouth heard of Leander and Hero? a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. vii. 152 It is now two a Clock: but let me see, by ten Wee shall haue each a hundred English men. View more context for this quotation 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iv. iv. 40 A Prayer-Book? Ay, this is the Devil's Pater-noster. Hold let me see; The Innocent Adultery. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xv. 101 Let me see, then, can I give you the brief History of this Comedy? 1764 S. Foote Lyar i. i. 8 Y. Wild. Where do we open?.. Pap. Let us see—one o'clock—it is a fine day: the Mall will be crowded. 1838 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby (1839) iv. 26 Let me see; four fives is twenty, double that, and deduct the—well, a pound either way shall not stand betwixt us. 1893 Punch 9 Sept. 117/1 I will dine earlyish, and go to—let me see, what hospitable house of theatrical entertainment is open? 1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah ii. 83 That would be—let me see—five times three hundred and sixty-five is—um. 1971 Amer. Libraries Mar. 244/3 Well—ah, let's see now. What—I mean, uh—What are we here for? Anybody know? 2002 M. C. Beaton Agatha Raisin & Day Floods Came (2003) iii. 52 ‘And you live alone?’ she asked... ‘Let me see, 10A Jones Terrace, is that right?’ let us see a. let us see haud of and variants: ‘give or pass (something) here’; ‘let me have (a thing)’ (compare hold n.1 2a). Also simply let us see (a thing). Now rare. ΚΠ 1801 W. Beattie Fruits Time Parings 37 Lat's see in o'er the ladle, Pate, An' yese get out a castock. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. x. 214 Let us see haud of your hand, neebor, gin ye like. 1861 J. Barr Poems & Songs 132 Let's see a glass, or haud your tongue. 1889 J. M. Barrie Window in Thrums iii ‘See haud o' the besom’, she said to Leeby. 1931 D. Campbell Uncle Andie i. 16 Lat's see hauds o' the basket. < as lemmas |
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