| 释义 |
▪ I. is, v.|ɪz|
3 sing. pres. indic. of vb. be, q.v. Also used (cf. be v. 10) in variants of the expression (a) — is a — is a —, on the model of Gertrude Stein's line (see quot. 1922).
1922G. Stein Geogr. & Plays 187 Rose is a rose is a rose. Loveliness extreme. 1968Listener 5 Sept. 292/1 Trevelyan is Trevelyan is Trevelyan, and film censorship will endure for as long as he keeps on fighting. 1970Guardian 2 Apr. 10/1 There is only one art form common to all sorts and conditions of people: the poster..a hoarding is a hoarding is a hoarding. 1971‘L. Black’ Death has Green Fingers xiv. 158 Let me adapt the quotation. ‘A crook is a crook is a crook.’ 1974Times 4 Jan. 12/5 As Miss Gertrude Stein would have said: ‘A union is a union is a union.’
▪ II. is, n.|ɪz|
[f. is: see prec. and be v. A 1 c.]
That which exists, that which is; the fact or quality of existence.
1897F. Thompson New Poems 164 Could I face firm the Is, and with To-be Trust Heaven. 1903North Amer. Rev. Apr. 507 She is not a Has Been, she is an Is. 1951S. F. Nadel Found. Social Anthropol. iii. 37 The blueprint of his culture and society, the ‘should-be’ rather than the ‘is’. 1958C. Pepler Eng. Relig. Heritage iv. viii. 300 The man is conscious that he is, and in comparison to the Is of God, this realisation is itself the greatest sorrow.
▪ III. is
obs. form of his, ice, yes. |