单词 | otherwhere |
释义 | otherwhereadv.n. archaic and regional in later use. A. adv. 1. In another place; somewhere else; elsewhere. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > elsewhere elsewhereOE otherwherea1400 allwhere1439 another gatea1450 somewhere elsec1450 again1555 otherwheres1563 alibi1639 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 14570 (MED) Þe freindes þat we haue ouþerquar, we quat mast quat þai er þar. a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) ccxvii. 8 With woordes to wynne The hartes of them wich otherwhere dothe gro. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 19 The reason is declared otherwher. 1645 J. Milton Passion iv, in Poems 18 His Godlike acts, and his temptations fierce, And former sufferings other where are found. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 80 Otherwhere in this Epistle. 1706 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) VI. 5 On board..ships that lie at Portsmouth..and on those otherwhere. 1732 H. Fielding Mock Doctor i. 11 You may, perhaps, buy Fagots cheaper otherwhere. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 242 If sae be ye may be Not fitted otherwhere. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 86 But she saw not: her heart was otherwhere. 1857 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 27 Dec. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. vii. 452 At Charing Cross, and otherwhere about London. 1894 J. R. Illingworth Personality (1895) vii. 186 Analogous with the workings of the human spirit otherwhere. 1926 Amer. Mercury Apr. 420/2 That goes on otherwhere, and on a different level. 1933 J. Ressich Thir Braw Days 44 If things wis poorly here they micht be a thocht brichter ither-where. 1991 S. Fry Liar (1992) 5 Come, Adrian. I think we should be otherwhere. 2. To another place. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > in another direction > to or towards another place elseOE elsewhitherc1000 otherwherec1480 elsewhere1513 otherwhither1585 somewhither else1623 elsewardsa1882 c1480 (a1400) Seven Sleepers 92 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 428 For þat he was fare to fare of þe cyte vthyre-quhare. c1610–15 Life Holie Modwen in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 92 To leaue that place and to goe other-where. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 55 We promised our selves wee should see you..but since your honour calls you otherwhere. 1855 E. Arnold Griselda iv. ii. 152 I sent them otherwhere Those that she bore. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. ii. 510 It seemed that time had passed on otherwhere Nor laid a finger on this hidden place. 1898 J. W. Howe Baby's Shoes in From Sunset Ridge 105 Take your gear otherwhere; Maud is only mine. 1980 Dædalus Spring 245 The clearing between cave and boat confirme again that the latter is being diverted, sent otherwhere than the cave. B. n. Originally: another place. Formerly frequently in adverbial phrases with any, no, and some (also written as two words). Now usually: an unreal or imaginary place. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > somewhere otherwherea1400 somewhere or another or other1791 somewhere in France (also England, London, etc.)1914 the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [noun] > somewhere > some other place otherwherea1400 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) 23905 I sal tel of sum oþer quar [a1400 Vesp. sum elles quar]. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 27 (MED) To this maner of vnpropre speche, y conforme me in othere wheris of my writingis. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 68 (MED) Y haue wiste suche men, that han so ouer miche ȝeuen hem to reding in the Bible aloone, haue gete to hem losse of sufficient and profitable leernyng which in other wheris thei miȝten haue gete. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xiii. f. c It cannott be, that a prophet perisshe eny other where, save att Ierusalem. 1562 P. Whitehorne Certain Waies Orderyng Souldiers f. 6, in tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre The residue of the men..may be placed some other where. 1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie v. 257 One (I say) who weerie of our youthfull disportes, is gone to solace him self some otherwhere. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi iv. §2. 70 Else it rained from some other where. a1667 G. Wither Prosopopoeia Britannica in Misc. Wks. (1872–7) 91 To prepare Well-feather'd nests, perhaps, some otherwhere? 1793 T. Hull Comedy of Errors ii. i. 14 How, if your husband start some other where? a1845 T. Hood Poems (1846) II. 69 [To] forbear their privacy and seek some other where. 1889 Voice (N.Y.) 28 Nov. They are destined for otherwhere than the plowed field with the grave at the end of it. 1953 R. Graves Poems 28 I, an ambassador of Otherwhere To the unfederated states of Here and There. 1979 Daily Tel. 4 June 13/4 Most people visit the Bard to wallow in an artificial otherwhere peopled by gorgeous phantoms speaking sumptuous verse. 1995 E. Boland Daphne with her Thighs in Bark in Coll. Poems 81 The crystalline, the otherwhere, The wood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.n.a1400 |
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