单词 | thou knowest |
释义 | > as lemmasthou knowest (a) Used parenthetically, usually following the main statement (frequently with emphatic, persuasive, or reproving intent): as you know (or may like to or should know) is the case. Similarly (now archaic and rare) thou knowest. ΚΠ a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1174 He is my lege man lelly þou knowes. 1565 T. Stapleton Disc. Doctr. Protestants in tr. F. Staphylus Apol. f. 165v The whole corps off scripture was not, you know, at one push approued. 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. Aa4v Yet Time (you know) is Edax rerum. 1625 T. Middleton Game at Chæss iii. sig. Gv W. p... White quickly soyles you know. B. p... Get thee gone, Then I shall smut thee. 1698 J. Kirkwood Plea before Kirk 102 The stranger, a Northlin, not so strait lac'd, you know, as we in the South, slipt into the meeting-house to hear the Curate preach. 1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) V. xxxvi. 318 For Women to Women, thou knowest, are great darers and incentives. 1775 J. Wesley Let. 3 Nov. (1931) VI. 187 I hear nothing from Cornwell; and no news, you know, is good news. 1800 M. Edgeworth Waste Not in Parent's Assistant (ed. 3) V. 136 Lady Diana Sweepstakes, you know, is a famous rider, and archer. 1835 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (1836) 1st Ser. II. 39 What's the matter, sir? Never say die, you know. 1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus i. 7 Ought I to have cried both my eyes out? You haven't cried out either of yours, you know. 1901 W. F. Fleming tr. Voltaire Orestes iii. iv, in Wks. XVII. 111 The wretched wanderer, thou knowest, was doomed To hate a mother. 1926 G. Hunting Vicarion iv. 63 This represents some years of study, you know, this little exhibition I have given you. 1959 P. O'Brian Unknown Shore x. 190 You are very much beslobbered, you know, Toby. 2000 A. Maupin Night Listener (2001) xvii. 215 This isn't some Hardy Boys mystery, you know. We're talking about a sick kid who could be dead in a month. < as lemmas |
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