英语词汇“a sort of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. In the phrase a sort of.., denoting that some thing, person, quality, etc., is, or may be, included in the specified class, although not typical of it or possessing all its characteristics; = ‘something in the nature of’. Cf. kind n. Phrases 3a(a).

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the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [phrase] > a sort of

a sort of‥1703

a (or some) sort of a…1720

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > in the particular case [phrase] > an individual not typical of its class

a kind of?1565

a sort of‥1703

of sorts1902

1703 D. Defoe Let. Apr. in Hist. MSS Comm.: 15th Rep.: App. Pt. IV: MSS Duke of Portland (1897) IV. 62 in Parl. Papers (C. 8497) XLIX. 1 Fleeing from her Majesty's justice is a sort of making war against her.

1735 J. Swift Gulliver Introd. Let., in Wks. III. vi They use a Sort of Jabber, and do not go naked.

1780 Mirror No. 110 There is a sort of classic privilege in the very names of places in London.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. i. 11 His legs were cased in a sort of gaiters.

1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 75 A moral power..forcing from them a sort of recognition of its claims.

1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas xiii. 137 A sorter jack-leg lawyer.

1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 69 We are grown To be a sort of dandies in religion.

单词	a sort of
释义	> as lemmas a sort of.. a. In the phrase a sort of.., denoting that some thing, person, quality, etc., is, or may be, included in the specified class, although not typical of it or possessing all its characteristics; = ‘something in the nature of’. Cf. kind n. Phrases 3a(a). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [phrase] > a sort of a sort of‥1703 a (or some) sort of a…1720 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > in the particular case [phrase] > an individual not typical of its class a kind of?1565 a sort of‥1703 of sorts1902 1703 D. Defoe Let. Apr. in Hist. MSS Comm.: 15th Rep.: App. Pt. IV: MSS Duke of Portland (1897) IV. 62 in Parl. Papers (C. 8497) XLIX. 1 Fleeing from her Majesty's justice is a sort of making war against her. 1735 J. Swift Gulliver Introd. Let., in Wks. III. vi They use a Sort of Jabber, and do not go naked. 1780 Mirror No. 110 There is a sort of classic privilege in the very names of places in London. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. i. 11 His legs were cased in a sort of gaiters. 1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 75 A moral power..forcing from them a sort of recognition of its claims. 1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas xiii. 137 A sorter jack-leg lawyer. 1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 69 We are grown To be a sort of dandies in religion. extracted from sortn.² < as lemmas
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