| 单词 | what is the matter? |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat is the matter? a. The condition of or state of things regarding a person or thing, esp. as a subject of concern or wonder. Chiefly colloquial in what is the matter?, there is something the matter, etc. what is the matter with ——?: what is wrong with——?; (also) what is the objection to, what is there to complain of in ——? In recent colloquial use (e.g. quot. 1925) sometimes interpreted as a predicative adjective in the sense ‘wrong, amiss’. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > making inquiries [phrase] how so?a1375 what, how seemeth you?1485 what reck?a1513 what is the matter?c1520 what about ——1662 what's the row?1810 how come?1848 whassa1906 since when?1907 what'sa matter1935 the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > affecting a person or thing the matterc1520 c1520 tr. Terence Andria iii. iv, in Terens in Eng. sig. C.iv S. What is the matter now. Da. Why nye the bryde send for. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xxii. 8 Whan he hath tolde his tayle, he sayeth: what is the matter? 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxxiiiv No man knew what the matter was. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. K2v Alexander happed to say: Doe you thinke these men would haue come from so farre to complaine, except they had iust cause of griefe? and Cassander answered, Yea, that was the matter, because they thought they should not be disprooued. View more context for this quotation c1613 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 23 Maister Roclif asked him what the matter was, if he might have any ease. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 156 What is the matter here? View more context for this quotation 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iii. 6 The Canto tells you, what's the matter. 1701 G. Farquhar Sir Harry Wildair ii. i. 12 I thought something was the matter, I wanted of Quality-Air. 1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. iv. 103 I beseech you what is the Matter with you! 1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 30 Why she loves him, admire not at her, She loves herself, and that's the Matter. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph I. 58 Dear madam, said I, there is something the matter with Mr. Faulkland. 1802 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1803) 6 8 What's the matter with the peace? 1833 H. Martineau Three Ages ii. 75 The children..amused themselves as if nothing was the matter. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xix. 190 ‘What's the matter with the dogs' legs?’ whispered Mr. Winkle. 1849 A. Helps Friends in Council II. i. iv. 91 There was something the matter with the old man. 1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus 69 ‘What's the matter?’ ‘Nothing is the matter, Matilda’, he said. 1925 E. F. Norton in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 76 One of the party—Somervell—had more the matter with him than the early morning lassitude. 1960 Woman's Illustr. 16 July 45 I heard the noise of weeping, sister. Is anything the matter? 1965 B. Took & M. Feldman Round the Horne (1975) 37 What's the matter with green and yellow dishcloths? < as lemmas |
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