| 单词 | how come? |
| 释义 | > as lemmashow come? P3. how come? colloquial (originally U.S.) phr.: how did (or does) it come about (that)? Cf. come v. 32. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > making inquiries [phrase] how so?a1375 what, how seemeth you?1485 what reck?a1513 what is the matter?c1520 what about ——1662 what's the row?1810 how come?1848 whassa1906 since when?1907 what'sa matter1935 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms How-come? rapidly pronounced huc-cum, in Virginia. Doubtless an English phrase, brought over by the original settlers, and propagated even among the negro slaves. The meaning is, How did what you tell me happen? How came it? 1897 R. M. Stuart In Simpkinsville 230 She heard Miss Euphemia wonderin' the other day how come the right shoulder of her black silk dress to wear out. 1930 Sat. Evening Post 8 Mar. 12/1 These firms assert blandly to..journalists who ring them up, wishful to know how come, they have nothing against women. 1932 T. S. Eliot Sweeney Agonistes 17 Hello Doris! Hello Dusty! How do you do! How come? how come? will you permit me ——. 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling iv. 34 That's how come him to have appetite for a nip o' pore old Betsy. 1957 New Yorker 13 July 19/1 These days, the sensation of the stamp-collecting world is United Nations commemorative stamps. How come? 1958 G. Mitchell Spotted Hemlock xviii. 210 How come they didn't spot her? 1959 H. Hobson Mission House Murder xviii. 122 ‘How come you make it murder?’ he asked. 1969 in H. Halpert & G. M. Story Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland 213 How come you ain't got Wallace with you tonight? 1971 Black World Oct. 62/1 So that's how come I asked My Man Bovanne to dance. 1973 T. Allbeury Choice of Enemies iv. 16 ‘Well, we are getting a bit like the Krauts, you know.’ ‘How come?’ < as lemmas |
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