单词 | like as |
释义 | > as lemmaslike as a. like as (sometimes in form likeas): introducing a clause expressing quality or manner; = as conj. II.With like as an emphatic modifier of as; compare later use of like as a conjunction, which partly arises through the ellipsis of as in this construction (see sense C.). extracted from likeadj.adv.conj.prep. (a) Introducing a supposition: as if, as though. Cf. as conj. 7, sense C. 1a. Also occasionally as like. Cf. like as if at Phrases 1b. Now colloquial or nonstandard. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > as if or as though asOE as ifc1175 askancesc1350 as whoc1380 like asa1393 like1405 like as and1523 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 3456 (MED) And evere...Lich as thei weren fisshes skales, Ther fellen from him. 1499 Mirk's Festialis (de Worde) i. f. cxiiv/2 To..bere a candell brennynge in processyon [on Candlemas Day]. As lyke they wente bodely with our lady. 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 14 [Kneed grasse] is so called, bicause it hath ioints like as it were knees. 1650 Voy. & Trav. Sir John Mandevile (new ed.) lii. sig. N2 In this land grow Trees that beare Meale, of which men make faire Bread and white, and of good savour, and it seemeth like as it were Wheat. 1847 A. Brontë Agnes Grey xi. 173 It seemed like as a new light broke in on my soul. 1906 J. Wedwyn Crumleyknowe 100 It's no like as we were a young couple. 1987 R. Coover Night at Movies (1992) 70 It is as like he has lost something. 2010 G. D. Thompson Angel in Darkness i. 4 It seemed like as he recalled that he was a seemingly invisible voice floating around the crowd. ΚΠ 1414 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) IV. 58/1 We..ne oughte not to answere lyk as bondemen of byrthe shulde, for the whiche the forseide Statut was made. ?c1450 (?a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 368 (MED) Þai cowde not schake away þis bonde by a contrari glose, lijke as oure prestis kan nowe. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 41 He..tolde hym alle thynges like as were be-ffalle. a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1907) I. 111 That all maner Brewers, Tapsters & huksters sell goode ale & sufficient, like as the mair ordeyneth. 1611 Bible (King James) Job v. 26. Thou shalt come to thy graue in a full age, like as a shocke of corne commeth in, in his season. View more context for this quotation 1691 A. Gavin Frauds Romish Monks (ed. 3) 194 They are all of dry'd Flesh, like as her Heart is. 1717 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 347 Likeas the Synod did, and hereby do, approve thereof. (c) With the subordinate clause introduced by like as preceding the main clause introduced by anaphoric so, for emphasis or clarity; = as conj. 15. Cf. sense C. 1c. Now rare.In some examples (e.g. quots. 1664, 1800) with ellipsis of the verb in the subordinate clause, which is retrospectively implied by the main clause; cf. Phrases 1a(d). ΚΠ c1425 Twiti Venery (Vesp. B.xii) 150 (MED) Like as lecteture put thyng in mende Of lerned men, ryght so a peyntyde fygure Remembryth men unlernyd in hys kende. 1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xliv. 219 Lyke as the worlde was dystroyed totally By the vyrgyns sone, so it semed well A vyrgyns sone to redeme it pyteously. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cii[i]. 13 Like as a father pitieth his owne children, euen so is the Lord mercifull vnto them that feare him. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lx. sig. E Like as the waues make towards the pibled shore, So..our minuites..In sequent toile all forwards do contend. View more context for this quotation 1664 Advice of Father; or, Counsel to Child 175 Thy Taper..burns, and like as the wax, so dost thou waste. 1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Piccolomini iv. i. 148 She's now rising: Like as a sun, so shines she in the east. 1846 M. Fuller Papers on Lit. & Art i. 76 Like as a fever rages in the blood before we are aware, even so creeps upon the soul this disease. 1904 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 17 136 Like as the Son was obedient to his Heavenly Father, so also may the eternal Godhead bless and protect me by his rose-red blood. 1941 Monumenta Nipponica 4 177 He..lamented that, like as the clouds that nightly meet on the peak of Takama in Katsuragi must part and the rain cease, so had they to separate at the sound of the temple-bell at dawn. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > so or in such a manner soc888 ylikeeOE asOE so‥asa1225 likea1393 like asc1475 s'a1616 the same1765 same like1898 c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 189 All the charge aught nat to be put vpon the noble men that had leuyr lyue as lordis vpon thaire goodes than for to be logged vnthan[k]fully like as [Fr. comme] hostes in othir mennys daunger. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ix. 222 Lete vs goo there like as prue and worthy knyghtes. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 120 For as thow come sa sall thow pas. Lyk as ane schaddow in ane glas. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 34 Thair semelie schroud likeas siluer schene. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. lxxvii. 758 The Birche tree hath taglettes or Chattons for his blossom, lyke as the Hazell. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 111 The males will kill the young ones, if they come at them like as the Bore-cats. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 161 Gall'd jealousy, like as the tide, ebbs to rest. 1922 W. D. Lighthall Old Meas. 55 Like as a lioness, wounded for her whelp, Britannia stands. (e) With the subordinate clause consisting only of an adverbial or complement: in the same way as; (also) as if, as it were; = as conj. 6. Cf. sense C. 1d. ΚΠ 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xv. f. xxxiii Lyke as in the wageour of a lawe, they shall not swere that the defendaunt oweth not the money. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iv. 1236 And now our lawes for Mammons cursed golde Like as at open mart are bought & solde. 1704 J. Pitts True Acct. Mohammetans viii. 106 They Travel four Camels in Breast..tied one after the other, like as in Teams. 1752 W. Stukeley Diary Dec. in W. C. Lukis Family Mem. W. Stukeley (1883) II. 379 Clouds intervening like as in the glass receiver. 1880 F. S. Growse tr. Rámáyana Tulsi Dás iv. 51 The lakes swell gradually and imperceptibly, like as when the quality of goodness develops in a good man. 1933 H. Danby tr. Mishnah i. 98 Like as at the birth of men his [sc. the androgynous] mother continues unclean because of him in the blood of purification. 2002 AQ: Austral. Q. Nov. 35/2 He suggested that the threat of terrorism could be combated ‘militarily, like as in the war in Afghanistan’. < as lemmas |
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