| 单词 | form of address |
| 释义 | > as lemmasform of address P3. form of address: a title, name, etc., used in speaking, writing, or referring to a person of a specified rank, function, or relationship; the appropriate or polite term or terms to use when addressing a person. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > name used to address a person compellation1643 compellative1656 form of address1675 1675 W. Cave Antiquitates Apostolicæ 169 The stile of most excellent is attributed to him [sc. Theophilus], the usual title and form of address in those times to Princes and great men. 1681 J.M. Let. to Author 29 Dec. in Guide Juries (1699) 105 Letters which yet must want the Ceremonial Form of Address. 1751 J. Harris Hermes i. viii. 145 The Vocative..was nothing more than the Form of Address in point of names, titles, and epithets. 1828 Times 5 July 7/3 [Don Miguel] has been styled King..and ‘your Majesty’ in all addresses from individuals or corporate bodies for months... To these forms of address he made no objection. 1855 Harper's Mag. June 44/1 In the ‘Week of Love to St. Antony’, the form of address on Mondays is ‘Oh, my Saint Antony! Wonder of wonders! Credit to Omnipotence!’. 1919 Athenæum 25 July 664/1 ‘Major’, for Sergeant-major—a polite form of address by an N.C.O. 1957 R. Hoggart Uses of Literacy ii. 34 ‘Our Mam’, ‘our Dad’, ‘our Alice’ are normal forms of address. 2007 Miami Herald (Nexis) 29 Mar. You must provide their name, address, form of address (Mr., Mrs., Ms.), date of birth, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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