单词 | to answer to the name of |
释义 | > as lemmasto answer to the name of 7. intransitive. With to. To reply or respond when addressed by (a name); (in extended use) to have the name of, be called. Often in to answer to the name of. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name [verb (intransitive)] > be named answer1523 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell sig. Bii There shal he here what she wyl to hym say when he is callid to answere to his name. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. E.viii Per frendship canst thou answere to so burthenouse a name? 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. iv. 73 I answer to that name, what is your will? View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. i. 12 Coriolanus He would not answer too: Forbad all Names. View more context for this quotation a1706 Evelyn's Silva (1729) ii. iv. 135 After all these Exotics brought from our Plantations, answering to the Name of Cedar, I should esteem that of the Vermuda, little inferior, if not superior, to the noblest Libanon. 1737 J. Miller Universal Passion v. ii. 72 Proth. Which is Lady Liberia in this Company, pray Sirs? Lib. I answer to that Name. Your Will and Pleasure, sweet Lord Protheus? 1758 S. Johnson Idler 1 July 97 A Spaniel..that answers to the name of Ranger. 1781 W. Cowper Let. 24 June (1979) I. 491 The delay has enabled me to add a piece of considerable length which but for the delay would not have made its appearance upon this Occasion. It answers to the name of Hope. 1833 Dublin Univ. Mag. Apr. 375/1 ‘No other man in Burlington answers to that sir-name but myself,’ said Smallcraft, bowing low. 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 96 The barrel on which the driving cord in turret clocks is wound also answers to the name of drum. 1907 J. C. Lincoln Old Home House 215 One of the boarders..bagged a contraption which answered to the name of a ‘ginuwine Sheriton davenport’. 1980 J. D. Uebelhoer in G. J. Kaufman & M. K. Blakely Pulling our own Strings 115 We would be glad to offer seminars to help males become adept at the work in clerical positions. We could teach them how to type and how to answer to ‘girl’ or ‘honey’ or ‘hey, you’. 2001 A. Sayle Dog Catcher 13 A male Doberman answering to the name of ‘Azul’. < as lemmas |
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