单词 | that kind of thing |
释义 | > as lemmasthat (also this, such) kind of thing (a) that (also this, such) kind of thing: used to refer generally to things of the same or a similar kind as that previously mentioned or implied. Cf. that or this sort of thing at sort n.2 10a. ΚΠ 1680 School of Venus i, in B. K. Mudge When Flesh becomes Word (2004) 11 When a man thrusts his Prick into a Womans Cunt, it is called Fucking. But pray do'nt talk of such kind of thing before Company, for they will call you an immodest baudy Wench, and chide you for it. 1806 R. Semple Charles Ellis I. ii. 19 Ben used to say that Latin, and all that kind of thing, was of no more use to a sailor than a fourth mast to a ship. 1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne II. v. 100 Now, I like this kind of thing once in a way. 1889 A. T. Pask Eyes of Thames 100 The quiet waterside,..so villagey, and all that kind of thing, you know. 1953 B. Pym Jane & Prudence i. 10 I look after the humdrum side of his work, seeing books through the press and that kind of thing. 1997 W. Self Great Apes (1998) vii. 112 You shouldn't worry too much, the prognosis for this kind of thing is on the whole fairly good. 2011 Z. Strachan Ever fallen in Love 41 He wasn't a stoner, not really, though since I'd been hanging around with him I'd got a lot more into that kind of thing. < as lemmas |
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