单词 | ok by |
释义 | > as lemmasOK by (someone) 1. All correct, all right; satisfactory, good; well, in good health or order. In early use, occasionally more intensively: outstanding, excellent. Now frequently in somewhat weakened sense: adequate, acceptable. OK by (someone): fine by (a person), acceptable to (a person). Chiefly predicative. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective] wellOE sufferablea1340 worthy1340 sufficient1489 paregala1500 competent1535 something like?1556 right1567 sweet1577 fairish1611 all right1652 fair1656 comfortable1658 decent1711 respectable1750 unrepulsive1787 decentisha1814 fair-to-middling1822 fine1828 christena1838 OK1839 tidy1844 not (or none) so dusty?1856 sweet1898 oke1928 okey-doke1934 okey-dokey1936 tickety-boo1939 cool1951 aight1993 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective] > highly satisfactory OK1839 hunky-dory1866 (all) Sir Garnet1894 kayo1923 hotsy-totsy1924 oojah-cum-spiff1930 patsy1930 not shabby1975 alpha minus1989 α. β. 1895 Bulletin (Sydney) 9 Feb. 15 I'm ryebuck and the girl's okay.1919 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. 161 Dr. Woodrow Wilson is said..to use okeh in endorsing government papers.1932 Sunday Express 3 July 9/6 I had given my hand to the comedian and heard him say: ‘Hold on, baby... Hold on. It's okay. You're going to be fine.’1934 N. Sainsbury Gridiron Grit xii. 142 Okay by me.1953 J. Y. Cousteau Silent World 91 Tailliez came up and reported, ‘Everything okay. They're playing chess.’1979 Washington Post 25 Dec. b1/3 A lot of what we get is coming out of guilt, idealism and pity of suburban people, and I suppose that's okay. But it is better if the giving comes out of a relationship.1989 Japan Times 21 May 3/6 He looks good, stable... He will be okay.2000 Feng Shui for Mod. Living May 63/1 Let's take three restaurants in a short parade of shops, all pretty unprepossessing, all have okay chefs..okay menus..okay decor.1839 C. G. Greene in Boston Morning Post 23 Mar. 2/2 He..would have the ‘contribution box’, et ceteras, o.k.—all correct—and cause the corks to fly, like sparks, upward. 1839 Salem Gaz. 12 Apr. 2/3 The house was O.K. at the last concert, and did credit to the musical taste of the young ladies and gents. 1839 Boston Evening Transcript 11 Oct. 2/3 Our Bank Directors have not thought it worth their while to call a meeting, even for consultation, on the subject. It is O.K. (all correct) in this quarter. 1840 Atlas (Boston) 19 Aug. 2/4 These initials, according to Jack Downing, were first used by Gen. Jackson. ‘Those papers, Amos [Kendall], are all correct. I have marked them O.K.’ (oll korrect). The Gen. was never good at spelling. 1840 Morning Herald (N.Y.) 21 Apr. 2/4 The Brigadier..reviewed his Brigade..and pronounced every thing O.K. 1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 72 His express reported himself.., assured Allen that all was O.K., and received his dollar. 1864 Boy's Own Mag. Nov. 450/1 No thought of taking the trouble to find out whether the order was O.K., or ‘orl korrect’, as Sir William Curtis phrased it. 1865 W. H. Russell Atlantic Telegr. 61 The communication with shore continued to improve, and was, in the language of telegraphers, O.K. 1874 E. S. Phelps Trotty's Wedding Tour xiii. 133 We had an O.K. time till we went to bed. 1894 C. H. W. Donovan With Wilson in Matabeleland xi. 253 As our American friends would say, we were still ‘O.K.’ 1900 Law Times 10 Nov. 35/2 The State Court seems to have decided that when a lawyer marks such a decree O.K., he is, by so doing, estopped from questioning that decree by appeal. 1908 C. E. Mulford Orphan xiii. 160 He's an O.K. dog, that's what he is. 1922 D. H. Lawrence England my England 101 At first Joe thought the job O.K. 1928 Z. N. Hurston Let. 15 Oct. in Life in Lett. (2002) 127 Things are ok by me. How is it with you? 1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon viii. 148 ‘I say, Mr. Superintendent, are you going to want me any more? I've got to get back to Town.’ ‘That's O.K. We've got your address.’ 1940 ‘N. Blake’ Malice in Wonderland i. ii. 20 Anything that was efficiently organised was O.K. by Paul Perry. 1959 F. Astaire Steps in Time (1960) viii. 66 Some were outstanding—this one was not, but it was o.k. 1977 Zigzag June 31/1 We could have had a great album, rather than an OK album. 1983 B. Willis & A. Lee Captain's Diary vi. 111 I lay there in something of a trance,..just praying that I will be OK to bowl tomorrow. 2000 M. Barrowcliffe Girlfriend 44 xi. 297 Talking until the greasy spoons open is OK by me, if I'm with a group of blokes, but it seems rather a waste of resources when with such a pretty girl. < as lemmas |
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