单词 | my dear fellow |
释义 | > as lemmasmy dear fellow b. With modifying word, used as a familiar form of address in phrases such as my dear fellow, my good fellow, old fellow, etc.In early quots. perhaps a contextual use of sense 2a. From the late 19th cent. sometimes having a tone of gentle remonstrance or censure. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a man sonOE brotherOE friarc1290 lad1535 fellow1577 bubba1841 old top1856 bra1869 bro1918 mush1936 ouboet1953 coz1961 oppa1963 bruv1970 1577 J. Fit John Diamonde Most Precious sig. B.j Well ouer taken in the name of God my good fellow: Whether art thou now going thus al alone? 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 45 Cortez said (my deare fellows) forwards, for god is with vs. 1615 Bp. J. Hall Farewell Serm. in Recoll. Treat. 687 Certainely (my deare fellowes) we shall neuer complaine of the want of Maisters. ?1660 ‘Democritus Pseudomantis’ tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Prognostication vi. 15 Austria, Hungary, Turkey, by my faith, my good fellowes, I know not how 'twill be with them. 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham II. xli. 241 Well, my noble fellow! How are you? 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy II. vi. 157 I'll tell you how it is, my dear fellow. 1883 R. Grant Average Man i. 4 Pshaw, my dear fellow! Compare her, for instance, with the girls one meets in New York. 1928 E. A. Robertson Cullum x. 185 ‘My darling fellow,’ started one [letter], ‘That's the only title I can find with which to pay homage to your male companionableness... You are the only woman I've ever known who will argue..on an abstract question.’ 1962 H. Miller Stand still like Hummingbird 75 My dear fellow, have you any idea what an absurd sum five dollars is..even for an old letter? 2016 Nottingham Post (Nexis) 20 Apr. If I arrive at a Peak District stile at the same time as a hiker heading the opposite way, it's always..‘No, my dear fellow, after you.’ < as lemmas |
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