| 单词 | my lady |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmy lady a. Used when speaking of or to a woman who is of high rank, esp. a member of the nobility. Also with the. Also in my lady.In the 15th and 16th centuries Lady was prefixed to the first name of a female member of the royal family (cf. princess n. 1). In the United Kingdom the title has come to be applied in the following ways: as a less formal substitute for Marchioness (of), Countess (of), Viscountess, Baroness; preceding the first name of the daughter of a duke, marquess, or earl; preceding the surname of the wife or widow of a baronet or knight; preceding the forename of a husband who is called Lord as a courtesy title; (in Scotland) preceding the surname of the wife of a chief or chieftain and preceding the name of an estate of which the woman or her husband is proprietor. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for woman of rank my ladyOE ladyOE damea1225 ladyshipa1393 madam1543 ladydom?1553 gentlewoman1566 young ladyship1702 milady1778 Sitt1838 OE Charter: Lady Ælfgifu to Christ Church, Canterbury (Sawyer 1229) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 182 Ic Ælfgyfu seo hlæfdige Eadweardes cyninges modor geærndede æt Cnute cyninge minum hlaforde þæt land æt Niwantune. lOE Charter: Bp. Ælfwine to Osgod (Sawyer 1391) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 184 Þyses is to gewitnesse, Eadweard cingc & Ælfgyfu seo hlefdige & Eadsige arcebiscop. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11156 Þa læuedi Ælene [c1300 Otho Eleyne þe leafdi] þa halie quene to Jerusalem wende..to vinden þa rode. a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 133 (MED) My Lady Greystokke..is a barownys wyfe & dowtyr to my Lady of Westmorlonde. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) Ded. 1 Unto the right noble puyssant & excellent pryncesse, my redoubted lady, my lady Margarete, duchesse of Somercete. 1509 in Fisher's Wks. (1876) 288 The moost excellent pryncesse my lady the kynges graundame. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxxviiiv The lady Marques Dorset. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. O.iiv (heading) An Epitaph of the ladye Margaret Lee. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. ii. (stage direct.) Enter Lady Anne with the hearse of Harry the 6. 1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered vii. 21 Who selected him..to bee the Lady Margarets Reader. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. G2 Pleaseth the Lady Iane, ile helpe her off With her night-Gowne. 1684 Lady Russell Lett. 20 Apr. (1807) 28 I hear my Lord Gainsborough and my Lady will be shortly at Chilten. 1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer sig. a4v Pers. Dram. Lord Touchwood..Sir Paul Plyant..Lady Touchwood..Lady Plyant. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 196 The General's Wife, the Lady Fairfax. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 353 The Lady Bellasis, the widow of the Lord Bellasis's son. 1719 M. Prior (title) Verses spoken to Lady Henrietta Cavendish-Holles Harley, Countess of Oxford. 1766 Gentleman's Mag. 36 103/1 Lady Anne Conway, eldest daughter to the Earl of Hertford. 1833 Ld. Tennyson (title) Lady Clara Vere de Vere. 1870 B. Disraeli Lothair II. xiv. 148 Lothair danced with Lady Flora Falkirk, and her sister, Lady Grizell, was in the same quadrille. 1887 W. S. Gilbert Ruddigore 11 Whose middle-class lives are embarrassed by wives Who long to parade as ‘My Lady’. 1928 E. Waugh Decline & Fall i. viii. 81 Please, sir, Lord and Lady Circumference have arrived, sir. 1934 J. W. Cunliffe Leaders Victorian Revol. ii. 29 Lady John Russell records that when she and her husband founded a day school at Petersham in 1849, objection was made on the ground that it would ‘ruin the aristocratic character of the village’. 1992 J. Burchill Sex & Sensibility 234 When the Lady Diana Spencer married..the Prince of Wales in 1981, the media went wild. 2002 Observer (Nexis) 17 Nov. (Mag.) 16 She was happy for him [sc. Richard Branson] to get his knighthood, but very uncomfortable with the idea of being called Lady Branson. my lady a. In singular. Originally used as a polite form of address to a woman, esp. (in early use) to one of elevated or higher social standing (now chiefly archaic or South African). Also in my lady. In later use also (chiefly North American) in less formal contexts, sometimes with overtones of brusqueness or hostility. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for woman of rank my ladyOE ladyOE damea1225 ladyshipa1393 madam1543 ladydom?1553 gentlewoman1566 young ladyship1702 milady1778 Sitt1838 OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 19 Oct. 235 þa com hyre deofol to ond hy awehte ond cwæð to hyre, Min hlæfdige, gif ðe wæs gold to lytel oððe seolfor.., ic ðæt sona gebete. OE St. Mary of Egypt (Julius) (2002) 96 Zosimus hire to cwæð, ‘Eala min hlæfdige, hu mænige gear synt nu þæt þu on þysum westene eardodost?’ c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8659 Ga laff-diȝ forþ & dred te nohht. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 33 (MED) Leuedi, al for þine sake longinge is ylent me on. c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 1889 Noe, certes, lady, it is not I. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 1536 Graunte vs, lady shene Eche of vs, thy grace a bone. 1518 H. Watson tr. Hystorye Olyuer of Castylle lxvi. sig. P.iiv Ryght swete lady I haue two chyldren a sone & a doughter of kynges blode. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 258 Pedro Come Lady, come, you haue lost the heart of signior Benedicke. View more context for this quotation 1637 J. Milton Comus 12 I can conduct you Ladie to a low But loyall cottage. 1637 J. Milton Comus 10 What chance good Ladie hath bereft you thus? 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 113 Shall you and I Lady, Among the Grass lye down a. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci v. ii. 90 Know you this paper, Lady? 1901 N.E.D. at Lady n. The uneducated, esp. in London, still often use ‘Lady’ in the sing. as a term of address for ‘Madam’ or ‘Ma'am’. 1914 G. B. Shaw Pygmalion (1916) i. 107 The Flower Girl. Thank you kindly, lady. 1924 I. Gershwin (title of song) Lady, be good. 1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 10 Sept. 7 Why, lady, take route 128. 1956 N. Gordimer in Best S. Afr. Short Stories (1991) 221 ‘My God,’ said Mrs Hansen, ‘My God. So she died, eh?’ ‘Yes, lady,’ he held out his hand for her ticket. 1972 ‘P. Ruell’ Red Christmas xiv. 148 ‘Lady,’ he said, ‘you talk sense. Just remember, it's guns that count.’ 1989 J. Hobbs Thoughts in Makeshift Mortuary 232 ‘What do you want her for, lady?’ The official voice on the phone sounded deeply suspicious. 1994 Spy (N.Y.) Sept. 93 (caption) ‘Hey Lady!’ bellows pocket-pool hustler Jerry Lewis. 2007 London (Ont.) Free Press (Nexis) 15 July 4 He said, ‘Look lady, you can deal with me or you can deal with the police.’ < as lemmas |
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