单词 | mem |
释义 | memn.2 South Asian. colloquial. = memsahib n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for woman mistress?a1425 your (also occasionally thy) mistress-ship?1461 sir1578 goodwife1593 metresse1600 metreza1604 sirrah1604 mistershipa1616 Mrsa1637 ma'am1671 citess1793 Mis'1835 mem1890 1890 G. B. Shaw Let. 5 Feb. (1965) I. 241, 242 The giving up of the Musical Mems will be a gigantic—a Himalayan mistake. 1939 ‘N. Blake’ Smiler with Knife i. 19 Snug little billet, this. How does the Mem like country life? 1971 R. Dentry Encounter at Kharmel iii. 47 Respectfully, mem, you are tired. You come to the rest-house. 1988 B. Sidhwa Ice-candy-man xxix. 248 His hazel eyes dart frantically—like the sparrows he once trapped for the mems. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). memv. transitive. To note or write down as a memorandum.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)] > note down notec1450 quote1573 note1590 memorandum1789 memorandize1912 mem1915 1915 W. J. Locke Jaffery v. 61 Once having ‘mem-ed’ an unpleasant thing in my diary, the matter is over. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mem.int.n.1 Chiefly colloquial when not a graphic abbreviation. Now rare. A. int. = memorandum int. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > notes > specific part memorandum1394 mem.1496 1496 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 21 Mem. that the parysch payde for ij coppus xijl. xs. 1761 E. Raper Jrnl. 8 Mar. in Receipt Bk. (1924) 27 Mem. It may be so in regard to my temper as well as other's. 1765 J. Woodforde Diary 13 Aug. (1924) I. 52 Mem: We were to have had a Ham and Fowls for dinner there, but the maid forgot to boil the Ham. 1813 Ld. Byron Jrnl. 6 Dec. in Lett. & Jrnls. (1974) III. 234 Mem.—to return the visit. 1861 C. S. Calverley Dover to Munich 19 Tickets to Königswinter (mem. The seats objectionably dirty). 1897 B. Stoker Dracula i. 1 I had for dinner..a chicken done up some way with red pepper... (Mem., get recipe for Mina.) 1969 R. Rendell Best Man to Die x. 103 Wexford turned the page to Sunday, May 18th: C left for Leeds. Mem, will ring me 8 p.m. B. n.1 = memorandum n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > notes remembrancec1380 scrow1426 memoranda1450 memorialc1450 memorandumc1490 memoir1494 ticket1528 note1548 pamphil1571 notation1587 ricordo1617 notandum1645 bulletin1651 memo1705 remark1788 mem.1813 1813 Ld. Byron Jrnl. 6 Dec. in Lett. & Jrnls. (1974) III. 234 I never look at a Mem. without seeing that I have remembered to forget. 1827 W. Wadd (title) Mems. maxims, and memoirs. 1892 J. Payn Mod. Dick Whittington II. 63 Mr. Robert made a mem. in his mind that an ample provision should now be made. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.21890v.1915int.n.11496 |
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