| 单词 | did——but know |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdid——but know P6. In the subordinate clause (protasis) of a conditional sentence. if——did but know, did——but know: if——only knew. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. vii. 18 Didst thou but know the inly touch of Loue. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. iii. 46 Did you but know the Citties Vsuries, And felt them knowingly. 1710 C. Shadwell Fair Quaker of Deal i. i. 6 If the Government did but know what a Swabb thou art. 1801 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 745 If you did but know what a flutter the Old Moveable at my left Breast has been in, since I read your letter. 1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xxxii. 298 Maybe those frozen dadpoles down there on the manky floor had gotten lucky did they but know it. 2005 Church Times 15 Apr. 29/4 Ah, if they did but know the muddle that is in the writer's head. < as lemmas |
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