| 单词 | you-know-who |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyou-know-who you-know-who n. (also you-know-whom) a deliberately unnamed person whose identity is (assumed to be) understood by the hearer; also with capital initials. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown > where name is deliberately suppressed you wot what1536 you-know-what1564 you-know-who1580 somebody1609 layer-over1699 thingy1927 how's your father1959 what-not1964 1580 G. Harvey in E. Spenser & G. Harvey Three Proper & Wittie Lett. 40 I pray now, what saith M. Cuddie, alias you know who, in the tenth Ӕglogue of the foresaid famous new Calender? 1624 J. Reynolds Vox Cœli 88 Continue to sow Diuision in the Church of England, and rather augment then diminish your Pensions to you know whom. 1673 Bp. G. Burnet Vindic. Church & State Scotl. 164 It is one of the arts of you know whom, to fasten Tenets on men who judge these Tenets worthy of the highest Anathema. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. ix. 143 I danced last night with Lady G——, and could I forget you know whom, I might be perhaps successful. 1796 M. Edgeworth Barring Out in Parent's Assistant (ed. 2) I. 174 Do nothing in this till we have consulted you know who about whether it's right or wrong. 1836 M. L. Hurlbut Ciceronis Epistolae 246 I fancied myself in the situation of..you know whom. 1875 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 13 Jan. (1956) VI. 116 I had a letter from ‘you know whom’ last night. 1912 C. Mackenzie Carnival xiii. 167 I don't think I'm jealous of you know who. 1978 J. Irving World according to Garp xviii. 390 Old You-Know-Who—the Under Toad, that's who, Helen thought. 1997 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter & Philosopher's Stone 10 You-Know-Who has gone at last! < as lemmas |
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