| 单词 | a sort of | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasa sort of..  a.  In the phrase  a sort of.., denoting that some thing, person, quality, etc., is, or may be, included in the specified class, although not typical of it or possessing all its characteristics; = ‘something in the nature of’. Cf. kind n. Phrases 3a(a). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > 			[phrase]		 > a sort of a sort of‥1703 a (or some) sort of a…1720 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > in the particular case			[phrase]		 > an individual not typical of its class a kind of?1565 a sort of‥1703 of sorts1902 1703    D. Defoe Let. Apr. in  Hist. MSS Comm.: 15th Rep.: App. Pt. IV: MSS Duke of Portland 		(1897)	 IV. 62 in  Parl. Papers (C. 8497) XLIX. 1  				Fleeing from her Majesty's justice is a sort of making war against her. 1735    J. Swift Gulliver Introd. Let., in  Wks. III. vi  				They use a Sort of Jabber, and do not go naked. 1780    Mirror No. 110  				There is a sort of classic privilege in the very names of places in London. 1819    W. Scott Ivanhoe I. i. 11  				His legs were cased in a sort of gaiters. 1845    M. Pattison in  Christian Remembrancer Jan. 75  				A moral power..forcing from them a sort of recognition of its claims. 1853    ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas xiii. 137  				A sorter jack-leg lawyer. 1884    W. C. Smith Kildrostan 69  				We are grown To be a sort of dandies in religion. < as lemmas | 
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