| 释义 |
▪ I. owt|aʊt|
Repr. dial. pronunc. aught n.2 Esp. in phr. owt for nowt, anything for nothing.
1847E. Brontë Wuthering Heights II. xviii. 344 ‘All well at the Heights?’ I inquired of the woman. ‘Eea, f'r owt Ee knaw!’ she answered. 1895J. T. Clegg Works I. 238 There's olez tuthri cliverdicks to smile At owt they thinken rayther eaut-o'th'-road. 1913D. H. Lawrence Let. 1 Feb. (1962) I. 183, I should think you've forgotten the Yorkshire proverb, ‘An' if tha does owt for nowt, do it for thysen’. 1935‘L. Luard’ Conquering Seas 128 He's got tongue that would fair make one think owt to nowt. 1963[see nowt]. 1977E. W. Hildick Loop xviii. 123 Owt's possible, any bloody thing.
▪ II. owt, owt-, owte-
(in comb.): see out, out-.
▪ III. owt(e
obs. forms of ought. |