| 单词 | as if he should say |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas if he should say (should have said) e. as who should say [compare French comme qui dirait] = as much as to say. archaic. Also †as if he should say (should have said). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [adverb] > in supposed meaning askancesa1413 as if he should say (should have said)1552 1552 T. Wilson Rule of Reason (rev. ed.) sig. Tijv It is asmuch, as who should saie: he that made the, without the, cannot saue yt without the. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 251 Then one of them behelde another, as who should say, who is he that dare go foorth to cary this message. 1600 C. Sutton Disce Mori (1607) x. 168 He declared as thus, his integrity of life: Behold here I am, beare record of mee... As if hee should haue sayd, Giue me my Quietus est at parting. a1643 J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 112 Some conceive the Apostle to use that phrase by way of excellency, (as if he should haue said), though I were of the most excellent elocution. 1687 R. L'Estrange Brief Hist. Times I. 150 As who should say; 'tis e'en a Mercy that we have not had All our Throats Cut. 1883 J. W. Sherer At Home & in India 110 Rameshur bowed his head, following the action by two or three affirmative nods, as who should say, ‘Yes, yes’ [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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