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单词 ana
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Brit. /ˈɑːnə/, U.S. /ˈɑnə/, /ˈænə/
Inflections: Plural anas, unchanged.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ana, post-classical Latin -ana.
Etymology: Either < French ana (1722) or directly < its etymon post-classical Latin -ana -ana suffix.
1. A collection of memorable sayings or anecdotes. Obsolete.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Ana's, or Books in Ana, are Collections of the memorable Sayings of Persons of Learning, and Wit.
1780 H. L. Thrale Diary 2 Feb. in Thraliana (1942) I. 424 It is an admirable Ana to be sure, containing Anecdotes of Pope, Prior, &c. &c.
a1843 R. Southey Doctor (1847) VII. 347 Boswell's Life of Johnson, which..for its intrinsic worth, is the Ana of all Anas.
2. As plural. Memorable sayings or anecdotes; notes or scraps of information relating to a person or place; literary gossip. In later use also: objects associated with a person or place; mementos. Now chiefly historical.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > anecdote > [noun] > collectively
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anecdotage1823
1739 G. West Let. 28 Sept. in Poems Mr. Gray (1775) 57 They were pleased to publish certain Tunbrigiana this season; but such ana!
1786 Gentleman's Mag. May 387/1 If these are the ana of the present age..how much more would it conduce to the credit of the parties and their biographers, that such anecdotes should die..inedited!
1881 Sat. Rev. No. 1320. 214 To sweep ana and gossip out of..biographies.
1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Sept. 524/4 Edgar Allan Poe, whose 150th anniversary was celebrated by an exhibition of books and manuscripts and ana.
1999 K. Hart Samuel Johnson & Culture of Prop. i. 27 Collections of ana had been in Europe since the fifteenth century.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

anaadj.

Abbreviated for anastomosing n.
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1871 Athenæum 27 May 660 The Loddon district is called the County of Gunbower, which means, it is said, an ana branch.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010).

anaadv.n.1

Forms: Middle English–1600s 1800s ana, 1500s ana. (with point). Also represented by the abbreviations ā, āā.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ana.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin ana in an equal quantity (12th cent.; 13th cent. in a British source; earlier in the sense ‘each’ (4th cent.)) < ancient Greek ἀνά (see ana- prefix), in its adverbial sense.Compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French ana (14th cent. or earlier), Old Occitan ana (c1350), German ana (early 15th cent.), all adverbs. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (æ·nă) /ˈænə/.
Obsolete.
A. adv.
With reference to ingredients in a recipe for food or medicine: so as to have an equal quantity of each; of each.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > some, any, or indefinite amount > as related to amount of which it is part > one of a number of equal amounts
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a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 62 (MED) Take..safron, spikenard, clowis, canel, ana.
c1440 Liber de Diversis Med. 32 Tak ȝarow & waybrede ana.
a1500 Dis. Women (Yale Med.) (1982) 41 Poundre þe seed of whyte popy and gummy of Arabyk and draggrantes and spodie ana.
1553 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe (new ed.) sig. k.v Take of Cassiafistula and of masticke of eche . ʒi. ypoquistidos, Acatia, spodium, Cubebes, Ana.
1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 28 An Assembly brew'd Of Clerks and Elders ana.
1879 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Ana, of each.
B. n.1
Usually without determiner. An equal quantity of something; the same amount.In quot. 1681: an instance of this term in a recipe or prescription.
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?1586 J. Partridge Widowes Treasure (new ed.) sig. C.viiiv Take..viii. graines of Muske, as much of Ambergrise, white and redde Corrall, Ana. of Pearles.
a1667 A. Cowley My Self in Wks. (1710) II. 786 In the same Weight Prudence and Innocence take, Ana of each does the just Mixture make.
1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar iv. 47 He'll bring an Apothecary with a chargeable long bill of Ana's.
1699 J. Drake Antient & Mod. Stages Survey'd 20 He declares 'em to be..Deserters to the Devil, that aim to destroy Religion, and whose business is an ana of Lewdness and Atheism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

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