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单词 to be well met
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to be well (also happily, etc.) met
f. to be well (also happily, etc.) met: to be welcome in a person's or one another's company; (hence) to be well received, welcome. Now archaic.See also well-met int., hail fellow well met at hail-fellow adj. b.
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a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 70 ‘Now go we hense,’ seyde Balyne, ‘and well we beth mette.’
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iv. 19 You are happilie met. View more context for this quotation
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. lxxi. 269 He..reminding him of the jovial purpose on which they were happily met.
1888 E. Arnold Secret of Death 231 Well met in some far-off serenest session, The unimpassioned rest of great men gone.
1923 L. Hart Band of Ne'er-do-wells in Compl. Lyrics (1986) 35/1 The cockleshells are all well met; We sneak into our cellarette And cluster round our king.
1970 T. Murphy Whistle in Dark iii. 63 You couldn't be up to Bitchey. Ye're well met, Michael and yourself.
1992 P. McCabe Butcher Boy (1993) 170 You and Philip Nugent are well met.
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