单词 | how to do |
释义 | > as lemmashow to do 9. Followed by an infinitive: In what way; by what means. how to do = the way in which one should (or may) do; also elliptical, as how to, and often used attributively, as ‘ how-to’ discourse, ‘ how-to-do-it’ manual, etc.; also (in titles of books, etc.) followed by a verb. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [adverb] > by which means or by means of which wheremidc1160 wherebyc1200 wherethorough?c1225 wherewithc1230 wherewith1297 witha1300 wherethrough13.. whereof1340 withal1389 how1390 wherewithal1578 wherewithal1618 the world > action or operation > manner of action > [phrase] > how to do something how to1838 how to do1897 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 367 [He] wiste nought how for to rise. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3751 Consail me, fader, how to liue [Gött. hu i sal liue]. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lvi Thomas Wolsey..studyed daye & night how to be a Cardinal. 1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 160 What should a manne doe with a weapon, that knoweth not how to use it? 1678 Lady Chaworth in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 46 The House is..consulting how to raise this vast some of monies. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 174. ⁋5 A set of companions who knew how to laugh. 1838 H. Martineau (title) How to observe: morals and manners. 1849 A. Helps Friends in Council II. i. v. 177 There is something I wanted to say..but I did not see how to bring it in. 1857 (title) How to publish: a manual for authors. 1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 272 I am at a loss how to express my feeling of admiration. 1895 Law Times 99 546/1 What books to read, and how to read them. 1897 Cavalry Tactics Introd. 3 There is no better lesson how not to do it. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 604 You had to come back..to show the understudy in the title rôle how to. 1923 A. Bennett (title) How to make the best of life. 1941 R. A. Beals & L. Brody Lit. Adult Educ. 453 Nearly all councils also make some provision for supplying information, such as distributing manuals of the ‘how-to-do-it’ variety. 1942 H. Haycraft Murder for Pleasure p. vii One or two ‘how-to-write-it’ manuals. 1946 C. Morris Signs, Lang. & Behavior v. x. 143 It is ‘how to’ discourse: discourse informing one how to rivet, how to play the flute. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Nov. p. xxxviii/4 Light fiction, popular uplift, or how-to-do-it-books. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 19 Jan. 43/1 A how-to-cook-turkey booklet! 1968 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 27 July 26/3 Most of the how-to books at this time of year are busy with water sports. 1972 T. P. McMahon Issue of Bishop's Blood (1973) xii. 176 She had washed her face, and though it doesn't say so in the women's how-to-books, there are some women who look great that way. < as lemmas |
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