单词 | such as one or it is |
释义 | > as lemmassuch as one or it is b. such as one or it is: having the character that he (it) has, no more and no less; used chiefly with a depreciatory or contemptuous reference, or apologetically. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be of no importance [phrase] > having the character he or it has such as one or it isa1240 a1240 Ureisun in Old Eng. Hom. I. 201 Þet wule bi-cluppen þe þer swuch ase þu ert þer louerd of leoue. a1240 Wohunge in Old Eng. Hom. I. 285 A wrecche bodi..bere ich ouer eorðe, and tat swuch as hit is haue ȝiuen..to þi seruise. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 201 If ther be eny Swich as it is, yet shal ye haue youre part. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 89 They have theyr servyce such as hyt ys al in theyr vulgare tong openly rehersyd. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. i. sig. Fiiv Many men wishte..Some well fauourd visor, on hir yll fauourd face. But with visorlike visage, suche as it was, She smyrkd, and she smylde. 1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. sig. *Aij Thoughts, such as they are, come crowding in so fast upon me, that [etc.]. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 61 To get up upon their Feet, and perhaps put on a Coat, such as it was, and their Pumps. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 463 Such as his mind was, it had been assiduously cultivated. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native III. vi. i. 260 But, such as the rooms were, there were plenty of them. < as lemmas |
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