| 单词 | which is which |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhich is which (a) which is which: which is the one and which is the other. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xii. iii. 607 Þe firste manere hawkes takeþ onliche fleynge briddes, and þe secounde manere of hawkes..resiþ on briddis þat sittiþ one þe erþe. And þe briddis knowiþ whiche is whiche. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9290 Wel sal he cun knau quilk es quilk, Fra the wick þe god to scil. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 445 Som tyme, afer men myghten lordes knowe By there array, from oþer folke; but now A man schal..musen a long throwe Whiche is whiche. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 126 Macb. What is the night? La. Almost at oddes with morning, which is which . View more context for this quotation 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 41. ⁋4 There does not need any great Discernment to judge which are which. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley II. xii. 304 Caroline, looking round, met a new Robert,—the real Robert... ‘Well,’ said he..‘which is which?’ 1993 J. Eugenides Virgin Suicides (2000) 122 Once again the boys weren't even sure which girl was which. < as lemmas |
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