| 单词 | or no |
| 释义 | > as lemmas—— or no —— (b) —— or no —— (with repetition of ‘——’): whether or not the person or thing is or has what is denoted by the noun; whether what is indicated is present or not. ΚΠ a1639 T. Dekker et al. Witch of Edmonton (1658) ii. i. 18 But Witch or no Witch, you are a motherly woman. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 26 The people of this band went over the fields or roads, path or no path, way or no way, as they pleased. 1781 W. Cowper Anti-Thelypthora 132 Forms or no forms, pluralities or pairs, Right reverend Sirs! was no concern of theirs. 1834 D. Crockett Narr. Life iv. 61 I was determined to stand up to my rack, fodder or no fodder. 1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell iii. ii. 250 Yesterday, Man or no man, this was a living soul; What is this now? This tongue that mourned to me. 1927 M. Sinclair Hist. Anthony Waring xviii Tony determined to find out. Aunt or no aunt, he would go to her. 1998 P. Lively Spiderweb (1999) vi. 65 Archaeology is not a growth area these days, tourism or no tourism. < as lemmas |
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