| 单词 | what is gone of ——? |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat is gone of ——? f. colloquial. what is gone of ——? and variants: ‘what has become of —— ?’, (also) ‘what is the matter with —— ?’. Also used indirectly. Cf. to come of —— at come v. Phrasal verbs 2. Now regional and rare. ΚΠ 1649 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (new ed.) iii. v. f. 343v What is gone with mens understanding and sense? 1771 Mrs. J. Harris in Lett. 1st Earl Malmesbury (1870) I. 235 He started and asked what was gone of all the company, and begged to be conducted to them. 1797 Edinb. Mag. Jan. 56/2 I must make haste home and feed him, afore it get dark; he'll wonder what's gone with me. 1803 S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. 239 The London expression of enquiry after any body is ‘What is gone with such a one?’ 1814 C. Lamb Let. 13 Aug. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1978) III. 102 What is gone of..Morgan, and his gos-lettuces? 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. vi. 57 What's gone with that boy? 1875 G. J. Whyte-Melville Katerfelto (1876) xxx. 339 Nobody in Porlock ever knew what was gone with him. 1930 A. Ransome Swallows & Amazons xxiii. 242 ‘What was gone with you?’ asked Mrs Dixon, bustling round and pouring the milk out of a great bowl. < as lemmas |
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