| 单词 | any old how |
| 释义 | > as lemmasany old how c. any old how. extracted from anyadj.pron.n.adv. (a) In any case; at any rate. Cf. anyhow adv. 3a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > at all events, at any rate alwayc1405 alwaysa1413 of all hands1548 when all is said and done?1570 after all1590 howevera1616 at all rates1667 at any rate1730 whether or no1784 anyhow1799 anyways1828 anyhows1830 anyway1832 any road1855 anywise1859 whatever1870 any old how1900 anyhoo1924 nohow1926 anyroads1929 1900 L. S. Dorr Mills of Gods ii. 11 I'd like to know what he was after. If it was to find out how many Dacres there be, he didn't get full measure, pressed down, running over, any old how. 1924 P. Creswick Beaten Path xxxiii. 183 Yes, she likes me. But liking's nothing. Well, any old how, I had to tell you. 1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights ii. 34 Any old how..he managed to get behind him. 1995 K. Coles Measurable World ii. vi. 141 I'd say you were lucky to get him, any old how. (b) In a haphazard manner; unmethodically, carelessly. Cf. anyhow adv. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > unmethodically immethodically1624 amethodically1631 unmethodically1632 desultorily1664 any old how1904 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adverb] > hastily or haphazardly scramblingly1652 any old how1904 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > irregular [phrase] > at random at random1543 any old how1933 1904 E. C. Wilson Pedagogues & Parents x. 201 The teacher hunts down the examples in various arithmetics, writes them on the board, often hurriedly..; he does it accurately, perhaps, but ‘any old how’. 1933 Punch 23 Aug. 216/1 Scenes like a splash of confetti Hurled any old how. 1937 M. Hillis Orchids on your Budget v. 81 The kind of woman who gets herself up any-old-how..deserves just what she gets. 2008 P. Hensher Northern Clemency 179 As you went into the mine, the passages were more and more provisional,..the sides just hacked out any old how. any old how 2. In any way whatsoever, however imperfect; (hence) in a haphazard manner, unmethodically; carelessly, untidily. Cf. any old how at any adj., pron., n., and adv. Phrases 6c(b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [adverb] > by some means somewayc1450 anyhow1678 onehow1719 somehow1741 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adverb] > randomly wildlyc1369 random1619 hab nab1664 randomly1765 anyhow1828 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 676 Writing down the..Letters of the Alphabet, transposedly, any how. 1740 P. Pineda New Dict., Spanish & Eng. (new ed.) (at cited word) Anyhow, de qualquiera manera que sea. 1828 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. 2 125 Done anyhow, no profitable one. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth II. iii. 64 Just try..to think of all the odd jobs as to be done well..not just slurred over anyhow. 1868 A. Helps Realmah II. xv. 193 His clothes seem to be huddled on anyhow. 1896 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 538 They are apt at first to be thrown in anyhow. 1901 St. Mary's Hosp. Gaz. June 94/1 The order of the programme was abandoned, and the items were taken anyhow. 1954 M. Procter Hell is City i. ii. 23 It [sc. money in notes] came out of my bag all scrumpled up anyhow, just as I'd stuffed it in. 2000 K. Atkinson Emotionally Weird (2001) 224 She has had a correct upbringing, whereas I have been dragged up anyhow. any old how a. As sentence adverb: at any rate; in any case; = anyway adv. 2a. Cf. any old how at any adj., pron., n., and adv. Phrases 6c(a). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > at all events, at any rate alwayc1405 alwaysa1413 of all hands1548 when all is said and done?1570 after all1590 howevera1616 at all rates1667 at any rate1730 whether or no1784 anyhow1799 anyways1828 anyhows1830 anyway1832 any road1855 anywise1859 whatever1870 any old how1900 anyhoo1924 nohow1926 anyroads1929 1799 J. Scott tr. Ināyat Allāh Bahar-Danush I. viii. 124 I thought she might possibly be a ghole.., or a demon, who had taken this shape; but that, anyhow, her person was not free from mischief. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 381 I was ready to go abroad, any how, then. 1842 J. H. Newman Church of Fathers (ed. 2) 250 Any how, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple self-originated error. 1892 Scribner's Mag. Nov. 632/2 Well, praise be, she hasn't a baby, anyhow! 1912 H. Belloc This & That 144 I don't suppose he rides, but I can't mount him anyhow. 1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 163 ‘There's one of them, anyhow,’ said Mr Henchy, ‘that didn't renege him.’ 1966 Word Study Dec. 3/2 There's no real point in worrying anyhow. It just messes you up. 2009 Ireland's Eye Jan. 25/3 I haven't had time for marriage. Men are a nuisance anyhow. 2011 Independent 8 Mar. (Viewspaper section) 4/4 And why would I want to serve myself anyhow? < as lemmas |
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