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

c. for manners: in order to comply with socially acceptable rules of polite behaviour.Frequently used with reference to the convention of leaving a small part of a dish or meal uneaten; cf. manners-bit n. at Compounds 1b. Also (occasionally) with personification, as for Miss Manners, for Mr Manners.

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1608 R. Armin Nest of Ninnies sig. E As our wantons doe at a feast, spare for manners in company but alone cram most greedily.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies, Devon in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1925–30 (1931) 133 The Pope not expecting so great a sum would be tendered him, and Raleigh not suspecting he would take all, but leave at least a morsel for manners.

a1666 R. Fanshawe tr. A. Hurtado de Mendoza Querer por solo Querer (1670) ii. 62 'Twas for manners I forbore To take leave of her before.

a1804 J. Mather Songs (1862) lxii. 79 Tiger for manners retreated, And left the old virgin to risk it.

1847 R. B. Peake Title Deeds iii. i. 43 Come, I have not decanted too close; always leave a little for manners.

1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea xxvii. 318 Milty says when company comes his mother gives them cheese and cuts it herself..one little bit apiece and one over for manners.

1960 L. R. Banks L-shaped Room xii. 168 I toyed with the final concoction, just to prove I could if I wanted to, and that any I happened to leave was just for manners.

1968 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 502/2 You ‘leave something for Miss Manners’.

1990 J. Burchill McLaren's Children in Sex & Sensibility (1992) 97 It was amusing to watch how, suddenly, hipsters and Right-Ons became such finicky eaters, socially speaking, leaving everything that came about after 1945 on the side of their plate for Mr Manners.

单词	for manners
释义	> as lemmas for manners c. for manners: in order to comply with socially acceptable rules of polite behaviour.Frequently used with reference to the convention of leaving a small part of a dish or meal uneaten; cf. manners-bit n. at Compounds 1b. Also (occasionally) with personification, as for Miss Manners, for Mr Manners. ΚΠ 1608 R. Armin Nest of Ninnies sig. E As our wantons doe at a feast, spare for manners in company but alone cram most greedily. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies, Devon in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1925–30 (1931) 133 The Pope not expecting so great a sum would be tendered him, and Raleigh not suspecting he would take all, but leave at least a morsel for manners. a1666 R. Fanshawe tr. A. Hurtado de Mendoza Querer por solo Querer (1670) ii. 62 'Twas for manners I forbore To take leave of her before. a1804 J. Mather Songs (1862) lxii. 79 Tiger for manners retreated, And left the old virgin to risk it. 1847 R. B. Peake Title Deeds iii. i. 43 Come, I have not decanted too close; always leave a little for manners. 1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea xxvii. 318 Milty says when company comes his mother gives them cheese and cuts it herself..one little bit apiece and one over for manners. 1960 L. R. Banks L-shaped Room xii. 168 I toyed with the final concoction, just to prove I could if I wanted to, and that any I happened to leave was just for manners. 1968 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 502/2 You ‘leave something for Miss Manners’. 1990 J. Burchill McLaren's Children in Sex & Sensibility (1992) 97 It was amusing to watch how, suddenly, hipsters and Right-Ons became such finicky eaters, socially speaking, leaving everything that came about after 1945 on the side of their plate for Mr Manners. extracted from mannern.int. < as lemmas
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