| 单词 | shall we say |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshall we say b. shall we say: used parenthetically to call attention to a description which is strikingly original or evocative, or (in later use) a knowing euphemism or understatement.In use indicating a euphemism occasionally hyphenated, as if an attributive adjectival phrase (see, e.g., quot. 1973). ΚΠ 1822 London Lit. Gaz. 21 Dec. 800/3 The ‘Leddy’..is Mrs. Pringle dilated... This last-mentioned character is in its way the master, or shall we say mistress-piece of the author. 1886 Peterson's Mag. June 548/1 The jeunesse d'orée—or, shall we say, the young England party?—will, no doubt, follow his example. 1914 R. Kipling Let. 15 Sept. in Ld. Birkenhead Rudyard Kipling (1978) xviii. 279 Much water, or shall we say much blood, has flowed under the bridges since they were written. 1968 Listener 30 May 699/1 I think the play may, shall we say, amplify light which does already exist but doesn't seem to have been noticed. 1973 E.-J. Bahr Nice Neighbourhood x. 104 Joe Walsh, Jack's shall-we-say housemate. 1977 J. Crosby Company of Friends viii. 116 It's not one of ours..I read it with—shall we say, total astonishment. 2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Aug. d7/2 Her husband..is not, shall we say, totally on the bus with regard to his wife's family outing. < as lemmas |
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