单词 | my masters |
释义 | > as lemmasmy masters b. In plural. Sirs, Gentlemen. In later use usually my masters. Now archaic or rhetorical, chiefly in ironic or derisive contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for a man > for men sirea1375 sirs1459 my masters?a1500 gentleman1578 c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 36 Ȝe louen þe furste place in sopers..and be cleped of men maistres and madames.] a1500 R. Henryson in tr. Æsop Fables Prol. l. 29 in Poems (1981) 4 Of this poete, my maisteris, with ȝour leif [etc.]. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) viii. 2562 Lordis, falowys and maystris now Wyth stowt hart ilkane off yhow Set[tis] agayne this ane assay. 1563 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 244 Sa hes it plesit the Quenis Majestie, my maisters, to grant the lik commissioun. c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1875) I. 39 The Lord of Rochford..sayde these wordes..on the scaffolde..Maisters all, I am come hither not to preach and make a sermon. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 424 Welcome maisters, welcome all. 1655 I. Walton Compl. Angler (ed. 2) v. 117 Come on my masters, who begins? 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer i. 14 Lock-a-daisy, my masters, you're come a deadly deal wrong! 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. xiii. 286 Many is the wetting that you will get, my masters, before you reach Oviedo. 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xxxiii. 340 You require for such a desperate encounter an enchanted and poisoned shaft dipped in a lie too subtle to be found on earth. An enterprise for a dream, my masters! 1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Fellowship of Ring i. ix. 166 ‘Will you be wanting anything to drink, masters?’ he asked. < as lemmas |
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