单词 | a man's own |
释义 | > as lemmasa man's own a. a man (used quasi-pronominally): anyone, someone, one (but frequently with implied reference to the male sex only). Cf. man pron., men pron., me pron.2 †a man's self, a man's own: oneself, one's own. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [noun] > any man a manc1225 anything in trousers1858 c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 51 (MED) Ha..schal lihte se lahe into a monnes þeowdom. c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 1533 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 150 Ðwane a man is In mest soruwe and teone, þanne is ore louerdes grace next. c1390 Form of Confession (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 344 (MED) Whuche are a Monnes fyue wittes? Heering, Seoing, Smellyng, Tastyng, and Touching. a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 40 (MED) Meeknes..is not ellis bot a trewe knowyng & felyng of a mans self as he is. 1477–8 Bk. of Curtesye (Caxton) (1882) l. 283 Who that vsith a mannes tale to breke Letteth vncurteysly alle the audyence. ?c1500 Digby Plays 19 Her, virgynes, as many as a man wyll, shall holde tapers in ther handes. 1597 F. Bacon Ess. f. 10 Enuie..is best extinguished by declaring a mans selfe in his ends, rather to seeke merite then fame. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 39 Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellowes. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 306 To Praise a Mans selfe, cannot be Decent..: But to Praise a Mans Office or Profession, he may doe it with Good Grace. 1637 P. Heylyn Briefe Answer Burton 53 A man would think that you had said enough against your soueraigne. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 14 A Man would expect..to find some considerable Antiquities. 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. vi. p. xliii A man may be weak all his life long, without experiencing any disease. 1842 Ld. Tennyson You ask me Why 8 The land, where..A man may speak the thing he will. 1892 Harper's Mag. Feb. 426/1 By turning an arrow and pressing a button, a man may in half a minute order a cocktail, towels, [etc.]. 1957 V. W. Turner Schism & Continuity in Afr. Society v. 135 A man can acquire wealth by working in the White economy as a wage labourer. 1990 A. Duff Once were Warriors vi. 53 What happens when a man can really handle himself: people wanna buy a man a beer. < as lemmas |
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