英语词汇“to love one's love with an a”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. to love one's love with an A (with a B, etc.): a formula used in games of forfeit, in which players in turn repeat the formula, adding a reason (for loving, hating, etc.) using adjectives beginning with the letter in question.

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1620 Swetnam Arraigned (Grosart) 24 A husband..so complete As if he had been pickt out of the Christ-Crosse row... Ile begin with A..comparing his good parts as thus: for A, hee is Amiable, Bountefull, Courteous..now for Z he's Zealous.]

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i, in Wks. (1776) II. 61 One would think that..you should have learnt when J.O. came into play, to love your love with an J, because he is judicious, though you hate your love with an J, because he is jealous: and then to love your love with an O, because he is oraculous, though you hate your love with an O, because he is obscure.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 58 For these, you play at Purposes, And love your Loves with A's, and B's.

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 168 The Play was introduced of, I love my love with an A because She's amiable, and so on through the Alphabet.

1813 T. Morton Education ii. i. 24 I love my love with a B, because he's bonny.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. i. 168 I'll give you a clue to my trade, in a game of forfeits. I love my love with a B because she's Beautiful; I hate my love with a B because she is Brazen; I took her to the sign of the Blue Boar, and I treated her with Bonnets; her name's Bouncer, and she lives in Bedlam.

1894 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games I. 389 This [sc. Minister's Cat] is apparently the same game as the well-known ‘I love my love with an A because she is amiable’... Forfeits were exacted for every failure or mistake.

1912 L. J. Vance Destroying Angel xv. 217 I love my love with a P because he's Perfectly Pulchritudinous and Possesses the Power of Pleasing.

1946 G. Finletter From Top of Stairs xv. 247 ‘I love my love with an A,’ began my aunt, ‘because he is amiable. I hate him because he is arrogant.’

2007 Times (Nexis) 10 Feb. 78 One of you picks a letter of the alphabet (let's say ‘J’). You begin by saying ‘I love my love with a J’, and then think up all sorts of reasons why. You might continue: ‘Because he is Jolly, he wears a Jacket, [etc.]’.

单词	to love one's love with an a
释义	> as lemmas to love one's love with an A (with a B, etc.) P3. to love one's love with an A (with a B, etc.): a formula used in games of forfeit, in which players in turn repeat the formula, adding a reason (for loving, hating, etc.) using adjectives beginning with the letter in question. ΚΠ 1620 Swetnam Arraigned (Grosart) 24 A husband..so complete As if he had been pickt out of the Christ-Crosse row... Ile begin with A..comparing his good parts as thus: for A, hee is Amiable, Bountefull, Courteous..now for Z he's Zealous.] 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i, in Wks. (1776) II. 61 One would think that..you should have learnt when J.O. came into play, to love your love with an J, because he is judicious, though you hate your love with an J, because he is jealous: and then to love your love with an O, because he is oraculous, though you hate your love with an O, because he is obscure. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 58 For these, you play at Purposes, And love your Loves with A's, and B's. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 168 The Play was introduced of, I love my love with an A because She's amiable, and so on through the Alphabet. 1813 T. Morton Education ii. i. 24 I love my love with a B, because he's bonny. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. i. 168 I'll give you a clue to my trade, in a game of forfeits. I love my love with a B because she's Beautiful; I hate my love with a B because she is Brazen; I took her to the sign of the Blue Boar, and I treated her with Bonnets; her name's Bouncer, and she lives in Bedlam. 1894 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games I. 389 This [sc. Minister's Cat] is apparently the same game as the well-known ‘I love my love with an A because she is amiable’... Forfeits were exacted for every failure or mistake. 1912 L. J. Vance Destroying Angel xv. 217 I love my love with a P because he's Perfectly Pulchritudinous and Possesses the Power of Pleasing. 1946 G. Finletter From Top of Stairs xv. 247 ‘I love my love with an A,’ began my aunt, ‘because he is amiable. I hate him because he is arrogant.’ 2007 Times (Nexis) 10 Feb. 78 One of you picks a letter of the alphabet (let's say ‘J’). You begin by saying ‘I love my love with a J’, and then think up all sorts of reasons why. You might continue: ‘Because he is Jolly, he wears a Jacket, [etc.]’. extracted from lovev.¹ < as lemmas
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