Interrogative: How is it so? How is that?
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| 释义 | the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > making inquiries [phrase] (10) how so?a1375 Interrogative: How is it so? How is that? what, how seemeth you?1485 The it of the impersonal verb is sometimes omitted. what, how seemeth you? = what do you think? Obsolete. what reck?a1513 interrogative. ‘What matter?’, ‘what does it matter?’, ‘so what?’ Also parenthetically as adv.: for all that, nevertheless. what is the matter?c1520 the matter (in various idiomatic uses). The condition of or state of things regarding a person or thing, esp. as a subject of concern or wonder… what about ——1662 what about ——: ‘what is to be done with regard to ——’, ‘what do you think of ——’, ‘what is there to say about ——’, etc. (used esp. as a way of… what's the row?1810 colloquial. what's the row?: ‘what's all the noise about?’, ‘what's the matter?’, ‘what's the fuss?’ Now rare. how come?1848 how come? colloquial (originally U.S.) phr.: how did (or does) it come about (that)? Cf. come, v. 32. whassa1906 ‘What is the’ (matter, etc.). Cf. what'sa matter, n. since when?1907 since when?: used elliptically as an inquiry into the duration of a state of affairs mentioned in a previous statement (frequently expressing… what'sa matter1935 ‘What is the matter?’ Cf. whassa, n. |
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