单词 | at that |
释义 | > as lemmasat that g. at that. extracted from thatpron.1adj.1adv.n. (a) Estimated at that rate, at that standard; even in that capacity, in respect of that; into the bargain. Π 1830 Massachusetts Spy 28 July 2/3 The march was now hurried on, yet slow at that, for I..could not walk fast. 1855 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 324/2 ‘Now then, mister’, turning to the man at the bar, ‘drinks round, and cobblers at that’. 1863 W. M. Thayer Pioneer Boy viii. 96 It's an all-day job to go there, and a pretty long day at that. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 167 Yet water it was, and sea-water at that. 1929 E. Rice Subway i. 13 I guess I'll be kind of lonesome, at that, until I get acquainted. 1983 P. Dallas Ital. Wines (new ed.) xxii. 256 An acquired taste and far from a juvenile one at that. 2015 V. Khan Unexpected Inheritance Inspector Chopra 15 A baby elephant, he corrected himself, and a very small one at that. (b) Used concessively: too; after all; come to think of it. Π 1920 R. Macaulay Potterism ii. i. 57 I always thought it a great bore, and sentimental at that. 1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. II. ii. xxv. 348 ‘Doesn't he look a lot like Gilbert?’ ‘Why, you do, at that.’ 1958 J. Blackburn Scent New-mown Hay vi. 83 You could be right at that... You just could be right. 1984 S. T. Haymon Stately Homicide xv. 97 Sleeping here might not be such a bad idea at that, if you're quite sure. 2004 S. Hall Electric Michelangelo 44 Look at it. It's beautiful, Morris. It's beautiful.—It is at that. < as lemmas |
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