| 单词 | well now |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswell now c. With a following expression, esp. in well now (cf. now adv. 7a).See also well then at sense A. 22, well, I never! at never adv. and int. Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > as concession noweOE wella1470 yes?1530 ah well1534 well now1550 indeed1563 oh well1582 (a) well a wella1779 1550 H. Latimer Moste Faithfull Serm. before Kynges Maiestye sig. Bviiv Wel now, yf couetousnes be the cause of rebellyon, then preachyng againste couetuousnesse is not the cause of rebellion. 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iv. iv. sig. Niiv Well now maister Snip let me see your bill. View more context for this quotation 1615 T. Adams Spirituall Nauigator 19 in Blacke Devill Well yet, as salt and bitter as this Ocean the world is, there is some good wrought out of this ill. 1651 T. Randolph et al. Hey for Honesty v. i. 45/1 Well now, stay here a while. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xxxvii. 267 Well but, my dear, you seem to have a long parcel of writing before you: One, two, three, four—Eight leaves—Upon my word!—But Mr. Reeves told me you are a writer. 1767 Gentleman's Mag. July 436/1 Well now, and what scheme, what plan have you got, to give a jog to the generous? 1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. viii. vii. 282 ‘Well now,’ said he, ‘remember the sin of this breach of appointment lies wholly at your door.’ 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxvii. 259 ‘Well now, really,’ thought Mrs. Nickleby within herself. ‘Such delicacy as that, I never saw!’ 1869 Our Young Folks Oct. 691 ‘You can remember three words, can't you?’ ‘Yes, sir,’ we would say. ‘Well, now, how long can you remember them?’ 1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob xix ‘What are you thinking about, Stevie?’..‘Oh! well really, I can't say.’ 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xxv. 284 ‘Well now, I guess our Anne did as well as any of them’ said Matthew proudly. 1933 H. Walpole Vanessa iii. 349 Not married, you say? Not married? Well, I never! 2001 J. Wilson Dark Clue i. xviii. 102 Well, now, there's a thing—I'm in the ship-building business myself. < as lemmas |
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