单词 | as how |
释义 | > as lemmasas how 10. With weakened meaning, introducing an indirect statement, after verbs of saying, perceiving, and the like: = That. Formerly frequently how that, and in modern dialect speech as how (see as conj. 26). see how still more or less calls attention to the manner. ΚΠ c1000 Ælfric Joshua ii. 10 We gehirdon..hu ge ofslogon..Seon and Og. 13.. K. Alis. 1565 He..saide to the kyng, How his fadir hette Felip. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2732 We witen wel quat is bi-tid, Quuow gister-dai was slagen and hid. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 527 Hym thoughte how þt the wynged god Mercurye Biforn hym stood. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lvii A letter was brought..certefiyng him how he was elected to be a Cardinal. 1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxix. 3 Seing quhow all erdly thingis wor subiect to mutatioun. 1611 Bible (King James) Ruth i. 6 Shee had heard..how that the Lord had visited his people. View more context for this quotation 1709 I. Watts Hymns & Spiritual Songs (ed. 2) ii. 167 Sing how he left the Worlds of Light. 1750 T. Smollett Roderick Random (ed. 3) I. iii. 15 He was well informed as how, Rory was the best scholar of his age. 1801 Monthly Rev. 35 358 ‘If people knew as how they could talk, they would be obliged to work also.’ 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol iii. 98 Bob Cratchit told them how he had a situation in his eye for Master Peter. < as lemmas |
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