have-beenn.

Brit.

/ˈhavbiːn/, U.S.

/ˈhævˌbɪn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: have v., English been , be v.

Etymology: < have v. + been, past participle of be v. Compare earlier has-been n. and also had-been n.

A person or thing whose best days are over; a has-been. Also: a person, thing, or event of the past. Chiefly in plural.Apparently not used predicatively with a third person singular subject (cf. has-been n. 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] > a thing of the past

have-been1737

had-beenc1748

tale1780

bygone1857

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > one who is a failure > one who is past his peak

has-been1702

have-been1737

had-beenc1748

used-to-be1852

extinct volcano1865

wasser1924

yesterday's man1966

1737 J. Breval Rape of Helen 10 Antiope, a Court Toast in her Decline, and a most envious Inspectress into Helen's Conduct, (for your Have-beens are generally meddling).

1758 S. Johnson Idler 23 Dec. 100 The Have-beens are things that are past; the Shall-bes are things that are to come.

1874 Daily News 21 Oct. Swept into the have-beens.

1892 H. Maxwell Meridiana 9 I am a have-been—a phantom—a mere simulacrum.

1922 T. Hardy Late Lyrics & Earlier 69 A new house has no sense of the have-beens.

2000 A. C. Bull Social Identities & Polit. Cultures Italy 233 Ohmae's vision of the future..[relegated] modernisation theories..among the category of the ‘have-beens’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	have-been
释义	have-beenn. Brit. /ˈhavbiːn/, U.S. /ˈhævˌbɪn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: have v., English been , be v. Etymology: < have v. + been, past participle of be v. Compare earlier has-been n. and also had-been n. A person or thing whose best days are over; a has-been. Also: a person, thing, or event of the past. Chiefly in plural.Apparently not used predicatively with a third person singular subject (cf. has-been n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] > a thing of the past have-been1737 had-beenc1748 tale1780 bygone1857 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > one who is a failure > one who is past his peak has-been1702 have-been1737 had-beenc1748 used-to-be1852 extinct volcano1865 wasser1924 yesterday's man1966 1737 J. Breval Rape of Helen 10 Antiope, a Court Toast in her Decline, and a most envious Inspectress into Helen's Conduct, (for your Have-beens are generally meddling). 1758 S. Johnson Idler 23 Dec. 100 The Have-beens are things that are past; the Shall-bes are things that are to come. 1874 Daily News 21 Oct. Swept into the have-beens. 1892 H. Maxwell Meridiana 9 I am a have-been—a phantom—a mere simulacrum. 1922 T. Hardy Late Lyrics & Earlier 69 A new house has no sense of the have-beens. 2000 A. C. Bull Social Identities & Polit. Cultures Italy 233 Ohmae's vision of the future..[relegated] modernisation theories..among the category of the ‘have-beens’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1737
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