| 单词 | oh for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoh for (a) oh for: expressing desire or longing. Now archaic or literary. Π 1594 S. Daniel Complaint Rosamond in Delia (new ed.) sig. G6 Did Nature (ô for thys) deliberate, To shew in thee the glory of her best; Framing thine eye the star of thy ill fate, And made thy face the foe to spoyle the rest? 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. Lv He had writ for his sentence or posie, Nox & amor, as much to say, as O for a pretie wench in the darke. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 203 O for a falkners voice, To lure this Tassell gentle backe againe. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge v. ii. sig. I3 O, for a fat leg of Ewe mutton. 1842 T. B. Macaulay Virginia in Lays Anc. Rome 156 Oh for the tents which in old time whitened the Sacred Hill! 1951 L. P. Hartley My Fellow Devils xv. 144 Oh for a raison d'être! She would have one, she knew, in a few months' time. 1996 M. Cheek Sleeping Beauties xix. 137 Oh for a cup of tea and a sit down. < as lemmas |
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