| 单词 | right name |
| 释义 | > as lemmasright name 9. Properly pertaining or attached to a person or thing; rightful. Frequently in right name.Recorded earliest (in Old English) in compounds of the uninflected adjective stem. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > owning > [adjective] > belonging > properly rightOE authentic1598 OE Seven Sleepers (Julius) (1994) 49 Ic wolde georne æt ðe gewitan þissere byrig rihtnaman. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 14783 Þa at-eoden him ure Drihte and nemnede him his rihte nome. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2539 Pharao kinges rigte name Nephres [MS Vephres]. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. v. l. 140 (MED) Rose þe regratour was hire riȝte name. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iv. l. 308 O soule..Fle forth out of myn herte..Thi righte place is now no lengere here. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 675 (MED) His doughter was delyuered of a sone that..was cleped by his right name Estor. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 23 Thow..gaif thy self to plaige, Me Catiue to conuoy To my rycht heritage. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 241 Wymond of the Wardrop is my richt Name. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 94 Put your bonnet to his right vse, tis for the head. View more context for this quotation 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iv. v. sig. K2 Error? Guilt, guilt, my Sonne. Giue it the right Name . View more context for this quotation 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 197 The Court requireth that if there be any..that can give information..of the original and right name of the prisoner, they would come forth. View more context for this quotation 1733 G. Berkeley Theory of Vision §xvi. 16 To call Things by their right Names. 1796 T. Morton Way to get Married i. i. 7 The world's at an end—all is sophisticated!—nothing bears even its right name—whoredom is gallantry. 1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son xlix. 493 She was, indeed, a homeless wandering fugitive; but, richer to him so, than in all the wealth and pride of her right station. 1896 A. R. White Youth's Educator xi. 129 Call things by right names. Do not say limb for leg, or retire for go to bed. 1934 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Stony Limits 115 In his right place at last, Making up for his past. 1973 R. Travers Murder in Blue Mountains i. 3 It was easy to recall how the gallant Starlight, dying of his wounds, refused to give his right name, only to be recognised as a fellow aristocrat by the young police trooper. 1990 J. Byrne Your Cheatin' Heart iv. 119/2 An' chuck referrin' to her as ‘the beanpole’, her right name's Cissie. < as lemmas |
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