英语词汇“as”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	as
释义	as I. \əz, (ˈ)az\ adverb Etymology: Middle English as, alse, alswa, adverb & conjunction, from Old English alswā, ealswā, ælswā just as, likewise — more at also 1. : to the same degree or amount : to such an extent : equally — used to modify an adjective or an adverb < I haven't found any new poems as good as my old favorites — Randall Jarrell > < neither of them wrote as well after the experience as before it — Van Wyck Brooks > < nowhere else in the world is there a people as intelligent or perceptive of humor — F.P.Adams > 2. : for instance : by way of example : thus — usually used to introduce illustrative details < high-pitched sounds come to suggest spatial height, as in bird songs — Thomas Munro > II. conjunction Etymology: Medieval Latin as, alse, alswa 1. : to which (degree or amount) : in which (degree or extent) : in or to the same degree in which — usually used as a correlative after an adjective or adverb modified by adverbial as or so and often followed by a noun or pronoun representing an incomplete clause whose verb would be the same as that of the main clause < the position of this science is as honorable as it is secure — L.A.White > < no general presentation … can interest the children as much as the learning of the foreign language — Ruth Mays > < his dull red hair was snow-powdered nearly as white as that of a British grenadier > 2. : in the same way or manner that : in the form or condition in which < his hair is brown as are his eyes > < studied the simile as Horner used it > — sometimes followed by a noun or pronoun representing an incomplete clause whose verb would be the same as that of the main clause < during his stay on the island he lived as an islander > 3. : according to what : in accordance with that which or the way in which < as he said, the stream was full of trout > < his criticisms, as I remember, were coldly received > < he is really quite good as boys go > 4. : as if < were saying farewell to each other as to their childhood — Edith Sitwell > < this mechanical thought is crushing as with an iron roller all that is organic — W.B.Yeats > 5. : during or at the same time that : while, when < promptly opened fire again as he turned away — C.S.Forester > < as he paced back and forth the idea occurred to him > < you will see the tower as you cross the bridge > 6. : notwithstanding the degree to which : though < some see in him, Gael as he was, the earliest Protestant — Gilbert Highet > 7. : in a manner or degree befitting or having equal certainty with the fact, belief, or hope that < this swears he, as he is a prince, is just and as I am a gentleman, I credit him — Shakespeare > < as I live, I cannot believe it > 8. : for the reason that : because, since < remained in great loneliness and considerable privation as he had no income — W.L.Sullivan > 9. dialect : than — used in comparisons < he better not be later as midnight — T.B.Costain > 10. a. : that the result is : that — used with preceding so or such < so clearly guilty as to leave no doubt of his conviction > < and such a son as all men hailed me happy — John Milton > b. : that — used to introduce a noun clause and now dialect except in certain negative expressions with know, say, or see that have wide usage in informal speech < he said as he would come > < I don't know as it makes any difference > c. dialect : in so far as : that — used to introduce an adverbial clause < he hasn't come out again as I've seen > • - as is - as it were - as new - as you were III. pronoun 1. a. : that, who, which — used to introduce an adjectival clause and having same or such as antecedent < their children should grow up in the same intellectual culture as they have enjoyed — G.B.Jeffery > < tears such as angels weep burst forth — John Milton > b. now dialect : that, who, which — used to introduce an adjectival clause and having a noun or pronoun as antecedent < a lot of things happened … as never ought to — Richard Llewellyn > < was going to tell the gospel to them as had ears — R.P.Warren > 2. : a fact that : that < he is a foreigner, as is evident from his accent > < I have used thee, filth as thou art, with humane care — Shakespeare > IV. preposition Etymology: as (I) 1. : after the manner of : the same as : like < had seen strong men become as weaklings when they were faced with … being shipwrecked — H.A.Chippendale > < his face was as a mask of gauze through which nothing was quite clearly visible — Max Beerbohm > 2. a. : in the character, role, function, capacity, condition, or sense of < more interested in … attitudes as attitudes than he is in their definition and embodiment in aesthetic forms — Mark Schorer > < eager for power as power > < his appearance as Hamlet > < his appointment as instructor > b. : in a way or of a nature constituting < he comes home at six as a rule > < as a result of the trip he was exhausted > c. : for consideration or considered in a specified form or relation — usually used before prepositions and participles (as against, between, distinguished, and opposed) < his argument as against yours > < my opinion as distinguished from theirs > V. \ˈas\ noun (plural as·ses \ˈa(ˌ)sēz, -_sə̇z\) Etymology: Latin — more at ace 1. : libra 2 2. a. (1) : a bronze coin of the ancient Roman republic varying in weight from 1 as, or 12 ounces, to 1/2 ounce (2) : one of several similar coins issued by some of the Roman emperors b. : a unit of value equivalent to an as coin VI. singular of aesir VII. \ˈäs\ noun also as nas \-näs\ Etymology: Persian : a Persian card game similar to poker and by some thought to be its progenitor
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