单词 | my poor man |
释义 | > as lemmasmy poor man a. Used affectionately with terms of endearment or (now chiefly literary) relationship; also used affectionately, compassionately, or in a jocular or merely familiar tone, with certain designations otherwise rarely used vocatively, as my man, my girl, my good fellow, my poor man, etc. (mostly now somewhat archaic). Esp. in my dear, my dearest, my love, etc., see dear adj.1 2d, love n.1 6a.For use in a noun phrase with adjectival dear see dear adj.1 2b, 2c.In modern English it is not (as in some languages) usual to prefix my to terms of relationship (father, mother, brother, etc.) used vocatively; such use belongs in English to impassioned literary language. My son (cf. also son n.1 4) and my daughter are, however, more commonly found; and the omission of my before vocative use of friend is now archaic or rhetorical. ΚΠ ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 79 Cum to me mi leofmon. c1300 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Cambr.) (1966) l. 3 Mi sone..haue þis ring. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. i. 10 My sone..ne assente thou to them. c1390 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 3699 My faire bryd, me swete cynamome, Awaketh, lemman myn. c1480 (a1400) St. Alexis 418 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 453 My dere sone gud. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Song of Sol. v. 2 O my sister, my loue, my doue, my derlinge. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 58 Take, myeboy, theese tokens by myn owne hands finnished holye. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron II. vii. ix. f. 54 Oh my friend (quoth I) I am in feare of a greater iudgement then this. 1658 R. Moray Let. 21 Mar. My bairn. c1720 M. Prior Advice of Venus 4 Twang goes the bow, my Girls, have at your hearts. 1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 425 My good gentlemen and lady-connoisseurs. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. viii. 176 ‘Farewell, my father!’ murmured Isabel. 1862 G. Meredith Let. 23 June (1970) I. 152 B. Wyse came the other day..and hoped for forgive miss: ‘Me deer Mardith’, etc.! 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 23 But consider how monstrous this is, my friend. 1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career x. 84 Now it's your turn, me fine lady. 1935 J. Steinbeck Tortilla Flat v. 73 These cheap white girls are vicious, my friend. 1951 C. Hare Eng. Murder viii. 87 ‘Surely we can have the path cleared as far as that?’ ‘Who by, my good woman? Who by?’ 1973 Black World Sept. 64 (title) Sleep mi black gal, sleep. 1990 Independent 1 Sept. (Mag.) 18/3 Don't call me Sir, my good man. 2000 Sunday Times 23 July (Money section) 5/7 I often have to shove bits of paper under her pretty nose and say: ‘Sign here, my treasure.’ < as lemmas |
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