单词 | this that |
释义 | > as lemmasthis and (or) that a. In contrast to that: now almost always of things; esp. in this and (or) that = one thing (or person) and (or) another. So †he this..he that = this (or the one) man..that (or the other) man (quot. 1426). Also occasionally this..this = one thing (or person)..another; also this..the other. this, that, and (also or) the other, every sort (of), every possible or imaginable (also adj. or as adv.). Π 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 210 In ech of hem he fint somwhat That pleseth him, in this or that. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8502 Þat tre was ded [Trin. Cambr. deþ], þis sal be lijf.] 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 20110 He thys ys wroth, he that ys glad. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) James iv. 15 For that ye ought to saye: yff the lorde will.., let vs do this or thatt. 1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. L4 It shalbe reported that I sayd this and that, and my wordes shalbe depraued. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 101 A Ruby will conduce best to the expressing of this, and an Emeraud of this. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires iv. 49 This is not Fair; nor Profitable that; Nor t'other Question Proper for Debate. 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family II. 227 Because one man did this, that truly I must do that. 18.. M. Arnold Epil. Lessing's Laocoön 116 This through the Ride upon his steed Goes slowly by, and this at speed. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. i. 24 I am sure I aye took your part when folk miscaa'd ye, and said ye were this, that, and the other thing. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 381 At their..feast they sat Thinking their thoughts, and spoke of this or that. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 98 Cursing the grinning and sheepish private for a this, that, and the other crazy, play-acting idiot. 1918 Nation (N.Y.) 7 Feb. 161/1 They..offered us a contract in this, that, or the other company, whose dividend-paying record had been thus and so. 1938 N. Marsh Artists in Crime xvii. 255 It's a bit awkward what with this and that and the other thing. this and (or) that.. 6. In contrast to that: properly denoting the nearer of two things, but often vaguely indicating one thing as distinct from another, esp. in this and (or) that.. = one and (or) another.. So also †this..this.. (quots. a1500, a1631); this..the other.. (quot. 1717); this..the next.. (quot. 1768). Cf. 3 above. Π a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 19 Thou wold I gaf hym this shefe? or this sheyfe? 1552 T. Wilson Rule of Reason (rev. ed.) sig. Kijv Showyng it to be true in this substaunce, and that substaunce. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xlv The cause of this or that precept. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. c j b Those turne this way and that way in the hande. a1616 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost (1623) v. ii. 914 You that way; we this way. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 179 How Rheubarb, or how Aloes came by this, or this vertue, to purge this, or this humour. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 204 This Way, and that, th' impatient Captives tend. 1717 M. Prior Alma iii. 494 This man pursues What if he gain'd he could not use: And t'other fondly hopes to see What never was, nor e'er shall be. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. xvi. 58 Truth..must not be measured by the Convenience of this or that Man. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man i. 1 He laughs this minute with one, and cries the next with another. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 6 Both his eyes were dazzled, as he stood, This way and that dividing the swift mind, In act to throw. [Cf. Virgil Æn. iv. 285.] 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iii. 128 The temporary..superiority of this or that Bretwalda. 1930 R. Graves Ten Poems More 11 Neat this-way-that-way and without mistake. 1937 C. Day Lewis Starting Point i. iii. 51 The field was scored..with streaking,..incessant this-way that-way movement. < as lemmas |
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