单词 | one and only |
释义 | > as lemmasone and only d. one and only: (occasionally with hyphen) consisting of one only, unique among its kind; inimitable, unrepeatable. In later use also as n.: a person's sweetheart; a person's only child or love; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] darlingc888 the apple of a person's eyeeOE lief971 light of one's eye(s)OE lovedOE my lifelOE lovec1225 druta1240 chere1297 sweetc1330 popelotc1390 likinga1393 oninga1400 onlepya1400 belovedc1430 well-beloved1447 heart-rootc1460 deara1500 delicate1531 belove1534 leefkyn1540 one and only1551 fondling1580 dearing1601 precious1602 loveling1606 dotey1663 lovee1753 passion1783 mavourneen1800 dote1809 treasure1844 seraph1853 sloe1884 darlint1888 asthore1894 darl1930 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > only one > [adjective] > one and only alonec1325 sole1497 one and only1551 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Gi The one and onlye waye to the wealthe of a communaltye. 1608 T. Middleton Mad World, my Masters iv. sig. F4v My chayne, my chayne, my chayne, my one and only chayne. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. St. Clement of Alexandria in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 279 The one and only God (saith Clemens) is worshipped by the Greeks Paganically, by the Jews Judaically, but by Us newly and Spiritually. 1822 C. O'Conor Chron. Eri I. p. vi The thitherto one and only language. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies iv. 169 The Chancellor of the Exchequer..jumped at the notion; for he saw in it the one and only plan for abolishing Schedule D. 1883 R. Broughton Belinda III. iv. vi. 287 Had the letter been discovered, there would have been the one and only refuge left her. 1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands i. 4 She's er little boshter..'n' I'm 'er one 'n' only. 1933 J. D. Carr Mad Hatter Myst. iv. 64 He'd met some girl at a dance who was the absolute One and Only. 1961 Times 13 May 11/3 Artur Schnabel thought that such a one-and-only performance was obtainable. 1966 Harper's Bazaar Sept. 64 A coat so versatile it could be the treasured one-and-only in your life. 1975 J. McClure Snake xii. 159 She'd been with the family since their one-and-only was five. 1987 M. Wesley Not that Sort of Girl (1988) xxx. 162 Bit short of interpreters at the moment, actually; our one and only is down with flu. 1997 Chicago Tribune 16 Feb. xii. 12/2 AWD is activated only when needed so fuel economy is respectable with the one-and-only 3.8-liter, V-6. < as lemmas |
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