单词 | any old |
释义 | > as lemmasany old a. any old: any person or thing of a specified type without distinction or discrimination; any —— whatsoever. Cf. sense A. 3 and old adj. 16c. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specified > of any kind any kinsOE anyOE any kinc1175 any old1896 1833 R. Sharp Diary 5 Mar. (1997) 407 Newlove was selling his Furniture by Auction yesterday..; we neither wanted any old Riff Raff, nor had any Money to waste in it.] 1896 G. Ade Artie xviii. 171 Any old farmer..could buy up him and a hundred more like him. 1911 R. W. Chambers Common Law ii. 63 ‘Would you like to have a chance to study?’..‘Study? What?’ ‘Sculpture—any old thing!’ 1958 B. Hamilton Too Much of Water iv. 78 His steward..just shoves some fruit in his cabin, any old time. 2002 M. McGrath Silvertown (2003) viii. 86 Len likes his morning slice. And not just any old slice, but the right kind of slice fried in the right kind of way. < as lemmas |
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