| 单词 | in a manner of speaking |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a manner of speaking b. manner of speaking n. [perhaps after or reinforced by Middle French, French manière de parler (1549)] form of expression. in a manner of speaking: as one might say, so to speak. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > mode of expression manner of speakinga1387 termsc1400 parlancec1475 locution1483 diction1563 couching1571 dictamenta1572 dialect1579 style1594 phraseology1604 phrasing1611 expression1628 language1643 wording1649 routine1676 mode1779 verbiage1792 parle1793 verbiagerie1817 vocabulation1859 phraseography1899 lexis1950 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > phrases indicating mode of expression [phrase] by language?c1450 so to speak1553 as they (etc.) speak1595 in a manner of speaking1890 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 5 (MED) In our tyme..nobilite and faire manere of spekynge were all i-lost. ?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew v. f. l To turne the other cheke is a maner of speakynge and not to be vnderstande as the wordes sounde. 1577 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians (new ed.) f. 83 It seemeth a very straunge and a monstrous maner of speaking thus to say: I liue, I liue not: I am dead, I am not dead [etc.]. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Hysteron Proteron, a preposterous manner of speaking or writing, expressing that first which should be last. a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) i. 15 I consider this [sc. the use of epithets such as devilish, hellish, damn'd, etc.] as a rhetorical figure, a manner of speaking devis'd and practis'd by dulness, to conceal the lack of ideas, and the want of expressions. 1875 Appletons' Jrnl. 27 Mar. 389/2 You are the strangest young girl—lady I mean—I ever met; so mean-spirited, in a manner of speaking. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island x. 81 She would swear the same, in a manner of speaking, before chaplain. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 219 The cattle..has been, in a manner of speaking, neglected. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 613 One time I could read a book in the dark, manner of speaking. 1951 C. Hare Eng. Murder v. 57 ‘What are you doing, hanging about here?’ ‘Well, sir, hanging about is my job, in a manner of speaking.’ 1996 R. Mistry Fine Balance (1997) iii. 159 It was the first time they found themselves face to face with her. In a manner of speaking, that is, for a black burkha hid her countenance. < as lemmas |
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