英语词汇“nothing but”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. nothing but (also besides, except, save): only, merely. Cf. besides adv. and prep., but conj. 1a, except adj. 1, save prep. 2.

(a) With a noun phrase following the limiting particle.In quot. c1395 a past participle follows.

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OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) iii. §5. 20 Nis ðeos woruldlice niht nan ðing buton ðære eorðan sceadu betwux ðære sunnan & mancynne.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 963 Se biscop Aðelwold..ne fand þær nan þing buton ealde weallas & wilde wuda.

a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 45 (MED) Ne beo in hire [sc. Sunday] naþing iwrat bute chirche bisocnie.

a1325 Statutes of Realm in MS Rawl. B.520 f. 51 (MED) Alle þulke nimares ant purueiares ant tasturs of þe King ne nimen noþing bote þat hoem nede bihouez.

c1390 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 279 Þis desyr..[is] noþing but a loþing of al þis worldly blisse.

c1395 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 1926 I wol hym visite, Haue I no thyng but rested me a lite.]

c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 896 Nothing save the deth only Mighte thee fro me departe trewely.

c1440 (?a1400) Sir Perceval (1930) 714 (MED) He hade no thynge to bere But his sadill and his gere.

?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye i. sig. b4^v That their wordes are nothinge but euen their awne imaginacion.

1590 H. Roberts Defiance to Fortune sig. D2 Consider of my cause according to my care, nothing besides thy bountie can procure my blisse.

1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 529 Beastes thinke of nothing but that which they beholde.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. v. 224 This peace is nothing, but to rust Iron, encrease Taylors, and breed Ballad-makers.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 95 A letter..dictating nothing save hypocrisie and submission.

1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. i. i. 3 Nothing but Mens inbred fondnesse for the Object it converses with.

1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. iii. 32 He acknowledges nothing besides Matter and Motion; so that all that he can conceive..must needs be perform'd either by Mechanism or Accident.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. i. 7 I heard a confused Noise about me, but in the posture I lay, could see nothing except the Sky.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 175. ⁋2 Nothing but the desert or the cell can exclude it from notice.

1765 W. Stevenson Vertumnus in Orig. Poems I. 92 Nothing save rural elegance to see, What Virtue is, what Grandeur ne'er can be.

1788 T. Taylor Diss. Platonic Doctr. Ideas in tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. I. p. xiii A self-motive nature, which is nothing besides self-motion, is the cause of motion to all things.

1800 J. Austen Let. 8 Nov. (1995) 55 The Tables are come... I had not expected..that we should so well agree in the disposition of them; but nothing except their own surface can have been smoother.

1811 W. Kirkpatrick Tippoo's Lett. 49 Where is the great quantity of baggage belonging to you, seeing that you have nothing besides tents, pawls, and other such necessary articles?

1821 Ld. Byron Isles of Greece in Don Juan: Canto III 51 Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep.

c1838 W. H. Murray in M. R. Booth Eng. Plays of 19th Cent. (1973) IV. 160 Mark me: no amendments, no conferences—I'll have ‘the bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the bill’.

1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers II. iii. 61 She felt that he wanted her to say something, but she could think of nothing besides an ambiguous ‘Well?’

1881 Standard 12 Aug. 5/2 It [sc. Ascension] nurtures nothing save turtle and wideawakes.

1913 J. Muir Story of my Boyhood i. 45 Some of them naething but raw gorblings but lots of them as big as their mithers and ready to flee.

1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 3 Jan. 21/3 A bad set in a good possie will bring nothing save an occasional adventurous doe.

1992 B. Bova Mars 3 Through the thick insulation of his pressure suit helmet Jamie could hear nothing except his own excited breathing.

(b) After the verb to do. Formerly followed by a verb in the corresponding inflected form; now usually by the bare infinitive, or, after doing, the gerund.

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OE Ælfric Let. to Sigeweard (De Veteri et Novo Test.) (Laud) 58 Se ðe wel spricð & þa word na gelæst, he ne deð nan þingc buton fordemð hine sylfne.

c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 68 (MED) Þou schalt..do noþing but occupie þe wiþ hure in preieres.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 52 The doulphyn dyd nothyng nyȝt ne day, but admonested hys doughter.

1512 R. Copland tr. Knyght of Swanne xxii. sig. G.1 They founde but .vi. chyldren, to whome they dyde nothyng but toke awaye theyr chaynes.

1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iii. ii. sig. F He do's nothing but stabbe the slaue.

1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 5 I did nothing but Work and Cry all Day.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. x. vi. 295 Contenting himself with doing nothing but scribble and scribe.

1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. xv. 269 She could do nothing but wonder at such a want of penetration.

1865 E. C. Gaskell Some Passages from Chomley in Fraser's Mag. Nov. He..misspent his time more than ever, doing nothing but frequenting bowling-houses and gaming-houses.

1886 J. A. Froude Oceana 140 When doing nothing except wandering in the shade of the wood.

1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 74 I was to do nothing except lie thus prone on my forefront.

1928 G. B. Shaw Intell. Woman's Guide Socialism lxix. 328 Napoleon often moodled about for a week at a time doing nothing but play with his children or read trash or waste his time helplessly.

1931 ‘G. Trevor’ Murder at School i. 12 So far he seemed to have done nothing in life except win the Newdigate.

1992 A. Gray Poor Things (1993) xxii. 217 Sexual intercourse enfeebles the brain and body if over-indulged, but in rational doses does nothing but good.

单词	nothing but
释义	> as lemmas nothing but (also besides, except, save) a. nothing but (also besides, except, save): only, merely. Cf. besides adv. and prep., but conj. 1a, except adj. 1, save prep. 2. (a) With a noun phrase following the limiting particle.In quot. c1395 a past participle follows. ΚΠ OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) iii. §5. 20 Nis ðeos woruldlice niht nan ðing buton ðære eorðan sceadu betwux ðære sunnan & mancynne. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 963 Se biscop Aðelwold..ne fand þær nan þing buton ealde weallas & wilde wuda. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 45 (MED) Ne beo in hire [sc. Sunday] naþing iwrat bute chirche bisocnie. a1325 Statutes of Realm in MS Rawl. B.520 f. 51 (MED) Alle þulke nimares ant purueiares ant tasturs of þe King ne nimen noþing bote þat hoem nede bihouez. c1390 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 279 Þis desyr..[is] noþing but a loþing of al þis worldly blisse. c1395 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 1926 I wol hym visite, Haue I no thyng but rested me a lite.] c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 896 Nothing save the deth only Mighte thee fro me departe trewely. c1440 (?a1400) Sir Perceval (1930) 714 (MED) He hade no thynge to bere But his sadill and his gere. ?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye i. sig. b4^v That their wordes are nothinge but euen their awne imaginacion. 1590 H. Roberts Defiance to Fortune sig. D2 Consider of my cause according to my care, nothing besides thy bountie can procure my blisse. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 529 Beastes thinke of nothing but that which they beholde. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. v. 224 This peace is nothing, but to rust Iron, encrease Taylors, and breed Ballad-makers. View more context for this quotation 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 95 A letter..dictating nothing save hypocrisie and submission. 1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. i. i. 3 Nothing but Mens inbred fondnesse for the Object it converses with. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. iii. 32 He acknowledges nothing besides Matter and Motion; so that all that he can conceive..must needs be perform'd either by Mechanism or Accident. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. i. 7 I heard a confused Noise about me, but in the posture I lay, could see nothing except the Sky. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 175. ⁋2 Nothing but the desert or the cell can exclude it from notice. 1765 W. Stevenson Vertumnus in Orig. Poems I. 92 Nothing save rural elegance to see, What Virtue is, what Grandeur ne'er can be. 1788 T. Taylor Diss. Platonic Doctr. Ideas in tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. I. p. xiii A self-motive nature, which is nothing besides self-motion, is the cause of motion to all things. 1800 J. Austen Let. 8 Nov. (1995) 55 The Tables are come... I had not expected..that we should so well agree in the disposition of them; but nothing except their own surface can have been smoother. 1811 W. Kirkpatrick Tippoo's Lett. 49 Where is the great quantity of baggage belonging to you, seeing that you have nothing besides tents, pawls, and other such necessary articles? 1821 Ld. Byron Isles of Greece in Don Juan: Canto III 51 Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep. c1838 W. H. Murray in M. R. Booth Eng. Plays of 19th Cent. (1973) IV. 160 Mark me: no amendments, no conferences—I'll have ‘the bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the bill’. 1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers II. iii. 61 She felt that he wanted her to say something, but she could think of nothing besides an ambiguous ‘Well?’ 1881 Standard 12 Aug. 5/2 It [sc. Ascension] nurtures nothing save turtle and wideawakes. 1913 J. Muir Story of my Boyhood i. 45 Some of them naething but raw gorblings but lots of them as big as their mithers and ready to flee. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 3 Jan. 21/3 A bad set in a good possie will bring nothing save an occasional adventurous doe. 1992 B. Bova Mars 3 Through the thick insulation of his pressure suit helmet Jamie could hear nothing except his own excited breathing. (b) After the verb to do. Formerly followed by a verb in the corresponding inflected form; now usually by the bare infinitive, or, after doing, the gerund. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Let. to Sigeweard (De Veteri et Novo Test.) (Laud) 58 Se ðe wel spricð & þa word na gelæst, he ne deð nan þingc buton fordemð hine sylfne. c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 68 (MED) Þou schalt..do noþing but occupie þe wiþ hure in preieres. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 52 The doulphyn dyd nothyng nyȝt ne day, but admonested hys doughter. 1512 R. Copland tr. Knyght of Swanne xxii. sig. G.1 They founde but .vi. chyldren, to whome they dyde nothyng but toke awaye theyr chaynes. 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iii. ii. sig. F He do's nothing but stabbe the slaue. View more context for this quotation 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 5 I did nothing but Work and Cry all Day. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. x. vi. 295 Contenting himself with doing nothing but scribble and scribe. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. xv. 269 She could do nothing but wonder at such a want of penetration. View more context for this quotation 1865 E. C. Gaskell Some Passages from Chomley in Fraser's Mag. Nov. He..misspent his time more than ever, doing nothing but frequenting bowling-houses and gaming-houses. 1886 J. A. Froude Oceana 140 When doing nothing except wandering in the shade of the wood. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 74 I was to do nothing except lie thus prone on my forefront. 1928 G. B. Shaw Intell. Woman's Guide Socialism lxix. 328 Napoleon often moodled about for a week at a time doing nothing but play with his children or read trash or waste his time helplessly. 1931 ‘G. Trevor’ Murder at School i. 12 So far he seemed to have done nothing in life except win the Newdigate. 1992 A. Gray Poor Things (1993) xxii. 217 Sexual intercourse enfeebles the brain and body if over-indulged, but in rational doses does nothing but good. extracted from nothingpron.n.adv.int. < as lemmas
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