英语词汇“sooth to say”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(b) With a noun as object, as to say (the) truth. Frequently with the noun preceding the infinitive, as sooth to say, truth to say, shame to say, etc.to say the least: see least pron. and n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > unfortunately [phrase]

shame to saya1225

(the) worse luck1580

the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adverb]

evil971

unsellyc1275

chancefully1303

wrother-heala1325

badlyc1325

illc1325

ungraciouslyc1330

unhappilyc1374

evil haila1400

infortunately1442

shame to saya1450

ill haila1500

unluckily1530

unfortunately1548

unluckly1573

bad1575

haplessly1582

disasterly1593

lucklessly1596

untowardly1649

misfortunatelya1686

askew1858

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed

soothlyc825

forsoothc888

wiselyc888

sooth to sayOE

i-wislichec1000

to (‥) soothOE

iwis?c1160

certesa1250

without missa1275

i-witterlic1275

trulyc1275

aplight1297

certc1300

in (good) fayc1300

verily1303

certain1330

in truthc1330

to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330

certainlya1375

faithlya1375

in faitha1375

surelya1375

in sooth1390

in trothc1390

in good faitha1393

to witc1400

faithfullyc1405

soothly to sayc1405

all righta1413

sad?a1425

in certc1440

wella1470

truec1480

to say (the) truth1484

of a truth1494

of (a) trotha1500

for a truth?1532

in (of) verity1533

of verityc1550

really1561

for, in, or into very?1565

indeed1583

really and truly1600

indeed and indeed1673

right enough1761

deed1816

just1838

of a verity1850

sho1893

though1905

verdad1928

sholy1929

ja-nee1937

only1975

deffo1996

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 11 (MED) Soþ to seggen, ic not ȝif ich auerȝete ani ðing dede ðat ic nolde habbe sumes kennes lean.

a1450 ( Libel Eng. Policy (Laud) in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 181 Ffor here martis bene feble, shame to saye.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iv. viii Oftyme for to saye trouthe men lese theyre lyues.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. v. sig. Fff.ij^v/1 And to saye sooth, they doe not worship God at all.

1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. i. 136/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I And to saie truth, one..of these small liuings is of so little value, that it is not able to mainteine a meane scholar.

1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 713 But sooth to say, Tom-teltroth will not lie, We heere haue blaz'd Englands iniquitie.

1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 30 Nov. (1948) I. 108 But, to say the truth, the present ministry have a difficult task, and want me, &c.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. iii. 206 To say the Truth, we have..often done great Violence to the Luxuriance of our Genius.

1835 J. P. Kennedy Horse-shoe Robinson I. xxv. 169 To say truth, he has a bold and most mischievous spirit.

1845 ‘E. Warburton’ Crescent & Cross I. 311 We had been already five weeks in Savagedom,..and, to say the truth, we had had enough of it.

1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xli. 354 The investigation of this question, which, truth to say, was one of importance.

1900 A. G. Bradley Fight with France for N. Amer. vi. 179 Tolerance of such departures from the manners and customs they were used to..could hardly be looked for in the average officer of that day, who, to say truth, was not distinguished either for adaptability or breadth of understanding.

1923 P. Guedalla Masters & Men ii. 169 To say truth, the curriculum is, from the educational point of view, the least significant thing in Oxford.

1969 tr. Fructuosus of Braga Iberian Fathers II. 181 Although most of our detractors are deserters of monasteries, they honor them highly and—shame to say—heap dignities upon them.

1995 R. Ford Independence Day (1996) 115 Truth to say, I was as happy as I expected to be.

b. Used as object to the verbs say, speak, or tell; frequently in the parenthetic phrases sooth to say, etc. (Cf. 5b.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun]

soothc950

soothOE

rightOE

soothnessc1275

soothness1297

soothshipc1320

soothhead1340

very1382

trotha1387

trutha1391

verity1422

veriment1528

true?1531

trueness1559

veriness1574

reality1604

veracity1664

veridicalness1727

the fact of the matter1808

truthfulness1835

actualité1840

the straight1866

satya1879

straight goods1892

veridicalitya1901

truth value1903

dinky1941

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed

soothlyc825

forsoothc888

wiselyc888

sooth to sayOE

i-wislichec1000

to (‥) soothOE

iwis?c1160

certesa1250

without missa1275

i-witterlic1275

trulyc1275

aplight1297

certc1300

in (good) fayc1300

verily1303

certain1330

in truthc1330

to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330

certainlya1375

faithlya1375

in faitha1375

surelya1375

in sooth1390

in trothc1390

in good faitha1393

to witc1400

faithfullyc1405

soothly to sayc1405

all righta1413

sad?a1425

in certc1440

wella1470

truec1480

to say (the) truth1484

of a truth1494

of (a) trotha1500

for a truth?1532

in (of) verity1533

of verityc1550

really1561

for, in, or into very?1565

indeed1583

really and truly1600

indeed and indeed1673

right enough1761

deed1816

just1838

of a verity1850

sho1893

though1905

verdad1928

sholy1929

ja-nee1937

only1975

deffo1996

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > true statement, correct account, truth

soothquidec888

soothsawc950

soothOE

righteousnessa1225

certainty1330

truthc1330

trotha1387

verity1533

tell-truth?1556

oracle1569

true1581

round O1605

fact1779

veracity1852

veritability1864

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > as emphasis

God (it) wot?c1225

goddot?a1289

sooth to sayc1330

truth (also sooth) to tella1375

honestly1819

honest Indian1854

truthfully1854

honest Injun1857

on the level1872

straight1874

honest1876

square dinkum1888

no kidding1901

straight-up1963

(a)

OE Crist III 1306 Ne mæg þurh þæt flæsc se scrift geseon on þære sawle, hwæþer him mon soð þe lyge sagað on hine sylfne, þonne he þa synne bigæð.

c1055 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 300 Ac we heom secgað soð tosoðe.

a1200 Vices & Virtues 9 Me ne net me noht te forsweriȝen, ac soð te seggen of ðan ðe ic am bicleped.

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 217 Vle, heo seyde, seye me soþ, hwi dostu þat vnwihtes doþ.

c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2008 Quoth Ubbe, ‘Bernard, seyst þou soth?’

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 285 Tell me soth And sei the trouthe, if [etc.].

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. xii My broder, thow sayst soothe, wherfore I thanke the moche.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 7 Ye seyde me soth that my suster set but lytill prise of me.

1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. E3^v Say sooth in secret Radagon, Is this thy father?

1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 196 I am sure I have said sooth, but whether or no it will be thought so, I cannot tell.

1673 J. Milton On Death Fair Infant viii, in Poems (new ed.) 19 Or wert thou that just Maid who once before Forsook the hated earth, O tell me sooth.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xiv. 261 ‘Thou art speaking but sooth, Rebecca,’ said Isaac.

1897 E. L. Voynich Gadfly (1904) 51/1 So long as I keep to the particular set.., I may speak sooth if the fancy takes me.

(b)c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2206 Tristrem lepe, ywis, Þritti fete, soþ to say.c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 601 He was, I trowe, a twenty wynter oold, And I was fourty, if I shal seye sooth.1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 190 The salt was all the sarar, suth to sayn.1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. v. sig. Fff.ij^v/1 And to saye sooth, they doe not worship God at all.1626 R. Harris Hezekiah's Recov. (1630) 6 To speake sooth, most of us have small reason to glorie in our prayers.1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xxvii. 48 And, sooth to tell, He murmured on till morn.1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake Introd. 27 The wine was served, and, sooth to say, Insensibly it stole away.1855 H. Rogers Ess. (1874) II. vii. 323 Sooth to tell, the narrative of the achievements here and there draws largely on our faith.

单词	sooth to say
释义	> as lemmas sooth to say (b) With a noun as object, as to say (the) truth. Frequently with the noun preceding the infinitive, as sooth to say, truth to say, shame to say, etc.to say the least: see least pron. and n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > unfortunately [phrase] shame to saya1225 (the) worse luck1580 the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adverb] evil971 unsellyc1275 chancefully1303 wrother-heala1325 badlyc1325 illc1325 ungraciouslyc1330 unhappilyc1374 evil haila1400 infortunately1442 shame to saya1450 ill haila1500 unluckily1530 unfortunately1548 unluckly1573 bad1575 haplessly1582 disasterly1593 lucklessly1596 untowardly1649 misfortunatelya1686 askew1858 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed soothlyc825 forsoothc888 wiselyc888 sooth to sayOE i-wislichec1000 to (‥) soothOE iwis?c1160 certesa1250 without missa1275 i-witterlic1275 trulyc1275 aplight1297 certc1300 in (good) fayc1300 verily1303 certain1330 in truthc1330 to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330 certainlya1375 faithlya1375 in faitha1375 surelya1375 in sooth1390 in trothc1390 in good faitha1393 to witc1400 faithfullyc1405 soothly to sayc1405 all righta1413 sad?a1425 in certc1440 wella1470 truec1480 to say (the) truth1484 of a truth1494 of (a) trotha1500 for a truth?1532 in (of) verity1533 of verityc1550 really1561 for, in, or into very?1565 indeed1583 really and truly1600 indeed and indeed1673 right enough1761 deed1816 just1838 of a verity1850 sho1893 though1905 verdad1928 sholy1929 ja-nee1937 only1975 deffo1996 a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 11 (MED) Soþ to seggen, ic not ȝif ich auerȝete ani ðing dede ðat ic nolde habbe sumes kennes lean. a1450 ( Libel Eng. Policy (Laud) in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 181 Ffor here martis bene feble, shame to saye. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iv. viii Oftyme for to saye trouthe men lese theyre lyues. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. v. sig. Fff.ij^v/1 And to saye sooth, they doe not worship God at all. 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. i. 136/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I And to saie truth, one..of these small liuings is of so little value, that it is not able to mainteine a meane scholar. 1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 713 But sooth to say, Tom-teltroth will not lie, We heere haue blaz'd Englands iniquitie. 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 30 Nov. (1948) I. 108 But, to say the truth, the present ministry have a difficult task, and want me, &c. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. iii. 206 To say the Truth, we have..often done great Violence to the Luxuriance of our Genius. View more context for this quotation 1835 J. P. Kennedy Horse-shoe Robinson I. xxv. 169 To say truth, he has a bold and most mischievous spirit. 1845 ‘E. Warburton’ Crescent & Cross I. 311 We had been already five weeks in Savagedom,..and, to say the truth, we had had enough of it. 1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xli. 354 The investigation of this question, which, truth to say, was one of importance. 1900 A. G. Bradley Fight with France for N. Amer. vi. 179 Tolerance of such departures from the manners and customs they were used to..could hardly be looked for in the average officer of that day, who, to say truth, was not distinguished either for adaptability or breadth of understanding. 1923 P. Guedalla Masters & Men ii. 169 To say truth, the curriculum is, from the educational point of view, the least significant thing in Oxford. 1969 tr. Fructuosus of Braga Iberian Fathers II. 181 Although most of our detractors are deserters of monasteries, they honor them highly and—shame to say—heap dignities upon them. 1995 R. Ford Independence Day (1996) 115 Truth to say, I was as happy as I expected to be. extracted from sayv.¹int. sooth to say b. Used as object to the verbs say, speak, or tell; frequently in the parenthetic phrases sooth to say, etc. (Cf. 5b.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] soothc950 soothOE rightOE soothnessc1275 soothness1297 soothshipc1320 soothhead1340 very1382 trotha1387 trutha1391 verity1422 veriment1528 true?1531 trueness1559 veriness1574 reality1604 veracity1664 veridicalness1727 the fact of the matter1808 truthfulness1835 actualité1840 the straight1866 satya1879 straight goods1892 veridicalitya1901 truth value1903 dinky1941 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed soothlyc825 forsoothc888 wiselyc888 sooth to sayOE i-wislichec1000 to (‥) soothOE iwis?c1160 certesa1250 without missa1275 i-witterlic1275 trulyc1275 aplight1297 certc1300 in (good) fayc1300 verily1303 certain1330 in truthc1330 to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330 certainlya1375 faithlya1375 in faitha1375 surelya1375 in sooth1390 in trothc1390 in good faitha1393 to witc1400 faithfullyc1405 soothly to sayc1405 all righta1413 sad?a1425 in certc1440 wella1470 truec1480 to say (the) truth1484 of a truth1494 of (a) trotha1500 for a truth?1532 in (of) verity1533 of verityc1550 really1561 for, in, or into very?1565 indeed1583 really and truly1600 indeed and indeed1673 right enough1761 deed1816 just1838 of a verity1850 sho1893 though1905 verdad1928 sholy1929 ja-nee1937 only1975 deffo1996 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > true statement, correct account, truth soothquidec888 soothsawc950 soothOE righteousnessa1225 certainty1330 truthc1330 trotha1387 verity1533 tell-truth?1556 oracle1569 true1581 round O1605 fact1779 veracity1852 veritability1864 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > as emphasis God (it) wot?c1225 goddot?a1289 sooth to sayc1330 truth (also sooth) to tella1375 honestly1819 honest Indian1854 truthfully1854 honest Injun1857 on the level1872 straight1874 honest1876 square dinkum1888 no kidding1901 straight-up1963 (a) OE Crist III 1306 Ne mæg þurh þæt flæsc se scrift geseon on þære sawle, hwæþer him mon soð þe lyge sagað on hine sylfne, þonne he þa synne bigæð. c1055 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 300 Ac we heom secgað soð tosoðe. a1200 Vices & Virtues 9 Me ne net me noht te forsweriȝen, ac soð te seggen of ðan ðe ic am bicleped. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 217 Vle, heo seyde, seye me soþ, hwi dostu þat vnwihtes doþ. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2008 Quoth Ubbe, ‘Bernard, seyst þou soth?’ 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 285 Tell me soth And sei the trouthe, if [etc.]. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. xii My broder, thow sayst soothe, wherfore I thanke the moche. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 7 Ye seyde me soth that my suster set but lytill prise of me. 1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. E3^v Say sooth in secret Radagon, Is this thy father? 1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 196 I am sure I have said sooth, but whether or no it will be thought so, I cannot tell. 1673 J. Milton On Death Fair Infant viii, in Poems (new ed.) 19 Or wert thou that just Maid who once before Forsook the hated earth, O tell me sooth. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xiv. 261 ‘Thou art speaking but sooth, Rebecca,’ said Isaac. 1897 E. L. Voynich Gadfly (1904) 51/1 So long as I keep to the particular set.., I may speak sooth if the fancy takes me. (b)c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2206 Tristrem lepe, ywis, Þritti fete, soþ to say.c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 601 He was, I trowe, a twenty wynter oold, And I was fourty, if I shal seye sooth.1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 190 The salt was all the sarar, suth to sayn.1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. v. sig. Fff.ij^v/1 And to saye sooth, they doe not worship God at all.1626 R. Harris Hezekiah's Recov. (1630) 6 To speake sooth, most of us have small reason to glorie in our prayers.1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xxvii. 48 And, sooth to tell, He murmured on till morn.1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake Introd. 27 The wine was served, and, sooth to say, Insensibly it stole away.1855 H. Rogers Ess. (1874) II. vii. 323 Sooth to tell, the narrative of the achievements here and there draws largely on our faith. extracted from soothn. < as lemmas
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