单词 | kind of sort of |
释义 | > as lemmaskind of sort of (c) colloquial. In collocation with sort of, esp. in kind of sort of, typically for emphasis, expressing a greater degree of reservation or hesitation on the part of speaker. Cf. kinda sorta at kinda adv. and adj. Phrases, sort n.2 8c. ΚΠ 1803 Goldfinch 131 A kind of sort of giddiness seiz'd me all over! 1823 L. Hunt in Noctes Ambrosianae Aug. 242/1 A pretty kind of-sort-of-kind of thing. 1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 82 Dash is a sort of a kind of a spaniel. 1901 F. Norris Octopus i. iii. 102 Makes it go down kind of sort of slick. 1984 B. Michaels Grey Beginning 163 This was sort of kind of meant to be an apology. 2002 L. Henderson Broken Record Technique 163 The mystery of a shadowplay, the sorrow of the battle, a kind of sort of tryst. < as lemmas |
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