| 单词 | not a soul |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot a soul b. In negative phrases, esp. not a soul: nobody. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [phrase] > nothing, no one, not any never onec1175 never ac1300 never kinsc1300 no kinsc1350 for odd or evenc1425 never anyc1522 penny nor paternoster1528 never a one1534 not a soul1568 neither top nor toe1610 no flesh1663 neither horn nor hoof1664 no sort of‥1736 no nothing1815 1568 ( D. Lindsay Satyre (Bannatyne) l. 1847 in Wks. (1931) II. 90 The feind a sawll I trow will ken me. 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas x. 135 If this be the case of vs all, that there is not a soule in the whole cluster of mankind, that hath not offended. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 209 Not a soule But felt a Feauer. View more context for this quotation 1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 111 in Trav. Persia There was not one living soul that vouchsaf'd him a kind look. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. v. 30 When you are predetermined to take no one soul's advice. 1775 F. Burney Let. 10 June in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 155 We had not a soul here but our own Family. 1811 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley (1858) I. 391 I am what the sailors call ‘banyaning’. I do not see a soul. 1857 W. Collins Dead Secret I. iii. i. 136 He allowed no living soul..to enter the house. 1897 A. Morrison Dorrington Deed-box i. 24 I shall be all alone, without a soul to say a word to. 1908 G. Sanger Seventy Years Showman xxxii. 96 Not a soul among the spectators..escaped being nobbed. 1958 ‘J. Reeves’ Mulbridge Manor xii. 155 ‘See anyone?’ asked Winston. ‘Not a soul.’ 2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xli. 663 Not a bloody soul spoke Hebrew. Nobody. < as lemmas |
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