| 单词 | what though |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat though.. (i) what though..: what happens or would happen in view of the fact that, or on the supposition that... Now chiefly archaic or poetic.Nearly = what if at Phrases 1g(e), but implying some opposition between the circumstance mentioned and the possible one implied; cf. though conj. 4. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xl 530 Se witega cwæð, þæt se miccla Godes dæig is swiþe gehende, & þearle swift... Hwæt þeah hit langsum wære to þan dæge swa hit nis þeah ne bið ure tima langsum. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale (Hengwrt) (1872) Prol. l. 4003 What though thyn hors be bothe foul and lene If he wol serue thee, rekke nat a bene. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 106 What though the field be lost? All is not lost. 1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 245 What tho' we let some better sort of fool Thrid ev'ry science, run thro' ev'ry school? 1821 R. Heber in Evangelical Mag. July 316 What tho' the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle... In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown. 1893 H. Jacobs Lay of Southern Cross 95 What though, like the rushing torrent, ye make havoc and destroy, Executing God's high warrant, Dashing down men's cup of joy. 1952 E. J. Pratt in R. Brown & D. Bennett Anthol. Canad. Lit. in Eng. (1982) I. 299 What though the odds were nine to one against. 2016 South Bend (Indiana) Tribune (Nexis) 23 Oct. c9 What though the odds, Duke won over defenseless Notre Dame. what though ΚΠ 1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xvi. 73 What thoughe quod he, drawe you not abacke. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iii. 46 Heere wee haue no Temple but the wood... But what though? Courage. View more context for this quotation 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 54 What though? because the Vulturs had then but small pickings; shall we therefore go and fling them a full gorge? < as lemmas |
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