英语词汇“if it's a day”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

f. Following a statement about a person's age, if he's (also she's, etc.) a day and variants: at least; at the absolute minimum. Similarly if it's a day, with reference to a period of time.

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1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 42 She's on the wrong Side of Thirty, if she be a Day.

1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal ii. ii. 18 She's six and fifty if she's a day.

1829 G. Griffin Collegians II. xxiii. 169 It's a long time since you an' I met... 'Tis six years if its a day.

1839 W. M. Thackeray Catherine i, in Fraser's Mag. May 609/2 She's seventeen if she's a day, though he is the very first sweetheart she has had.

1871 All Year Round 21 Oct. 501/2 Fine fellow, and strong and hearty as Will was, he was forty if a day, while Grace was but sixteen yet.

1905 D. Gerard Improbable Idyl i. 18 It's half a year, if it's a day, since you have let us see the tip of your nose.

1957 G. Bellairs Death in High Provence xiii. 149 Madeleine's sister is a great age, too. Eighty, if a day.

2010 Liverpool Daily Echo (Nexis) 10 Apr. (Sport section) 16 Old man Hopkins, who must be 60 if he's a day.

单词	if it's a day
释义	> as lemmas if it's a day f. Following a statement about a person's age, if he's (also she's, etc.) a day and variants: at least; at the absolute minimum. Similarly if it's a day, with reference to a period of time. ΚΠ 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 42 She's on the wrong Side of Thirty, if she be a Day. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal ii. ii. 18 She's six and fifty if she's a day. 1829 G. Griffin Collegians II. xxiii. 169 It's a long time since you an' I met... 'Tis six years if its a day. 1839 W. M. Thackeray Catherine i, in Fraser's Mag. May 609/2 She's seventeen if she's a day, though he is the very first sweetheart she has had. 1871 All Year Round 21 Oct. 501/2 Fine fellow, and strong and hearty as Will was, he was forty if a day, while Grace was but sixteen yet. 1905 D. Gerard Improbable Idyl i. 18 It's half a year, if it's a day, since you have let us see the tip of your nose. 1957 G. Bellairs Death in High Provence xiii. 149 Madeleine's sister is a great age, too. Eighty, if a day. 2010 Liverpool Daily Echo (Nexis) 10 Apr. (Sport section) 16 Old man Hopkins, who must be 60 if he's a day. extracted from dayn. < as lemmas
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