| 单词 | save for |
| 释义 | > as lemmassave for c. save for: with the exception of, except for, but for. Cf. sense A. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclusiveness [preposition] > except or excepting savec1330 out-takenc1384 saving1386 other thana1425 savea1500 reserving1541 salvo1601 to set aside1610 abstracting from1614 save fora1616 sans1659 exclude1720 aside from1818 saufc1844 out-taking1848 secludinga1851 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 283 Then was this Island (Saue for the Son, that [s]he did littour heere..) Not honour'd with A humane shape. View more context for this quotation 1740 tr. G. Adlerfeld Mil. Hist. Charles XII II. 379 Hitherto the march had been supportable enough, save for the violent cold. 1774 Ann. Reg. 1773 App. Chron. 189/1 The Lord-Mayor had no authority to call a common-hall, save for the purpose of elections. 1839 Ladies' Compan. Jan. 136/2 Save for a touch of keenness in the frosty air, and for the leafless aspect of the country, it might have massed for a more lightsome season. 1879 T. H. S. Escott England II. xxv. 256 The well-conducted soldier, save and except for a more or less constant ennui..may pass his days in comparative comfort. 1911 Boys' Life Aug. 14/2 Griff..found himself alone save for he who had come to his assistance. 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet 219 But when he stood in the door again, save for the slightly increased rasp and tempo of his breathing, he might never have left it. 2008 R. Raisin God's Own Country ix. 68 Not an item of life anyplace save for me and Sal, and a mawngy crow sat in a tree. < as lemmas |
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