单词 | soho |
释义 | Sohon.2 a. Used (frequently attributive) of things connected with or characteristic of Soho. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > area characterized by brothels or prostitution > specific bank1519 banksidec1540 Whetstones-park1682 Soho1818 Yoshiwara1870 Reeperbahn1974 1818 J. Keats Let. 14 Mar. (1931) I. 127 Then who would go Into dark Soho, And chatter with dack'd hair'd critics. 1890 E. Dowson Let. 10 or 11 June (1967) 153 The two artists—with some other artistic & Bohemian types might meet in the early part of the book in a Soho restaurant based on Poland. 1905 G. K. Chesterton Club of Queer Trades iv. 165 Some dirty Soho restaurant. 1913 W. Whitten Londoner's London vi. 140 He had always a nice Soho taste in wine. 1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale i. 12 You drive away wondering whether when he comes he will think you are swanking if you ask him to Claridge's or mean if you suggest Soho. 1937 L. MacNeice in W. H. Auden & L. MacNeice Lett. from Iceland 129 To pore on picture catalogues and Soho menus. 1959 Good Food Guide 221 There is now a good Soho restaurant in Birmingham with a wide menu properly cooked. It is also resolutely described in Soho French. 1964 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Nov. 1019/4 [Frank] Harris..wrote about sex in the manner and style of the cheapest Soho trash. 1976 Listener 26 Feb. 239/2 Sex was..a mean..sleezy, Soho-type thing. b. Historical. Used attributively to designate a type of tapestry produced in England after 1685, usually in Soho. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > [adjective] > tapestry Soho1930 1914 W. G. Thomson Tapestry Weaving in Eng. xvii. 139 At Christmas 1685 the arras-workers and tailors employed in the Great Wardrobe changed the scene of their labours to offices in Great Queen Street, Soho, which lies between the northwest corner of Lincoln's Inn Fields and Drury Lane.] 1930 H.-C. Mariller Eng. Tapestries of Eighteenth Cent. p. xvii In the absence of records it would be impossible to say which Soho tapestries were executed in the late seventeenth and which in the eighteenth century. 1930 H.-C. Mariller Eng. Tapestries of Eighteenth Cent. p. xx There is no clear line of demarcation between the later Mortlake and the earlier Soho tapestries. 1963 Times 18 Jan. 10/6 An anonymous purchaser secured four early-eighteenth-century walnut chairs covered in Soho tapestry, for 450 gns. 1978 Country Life 13 Apr. 973/1 The Soho tapestries which now line the room were originally bought..in 1720. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). SoHon.3 Business (originally U.S.). The small business sector, in particular that part of it which is home-based; esp. as a market for information technology. Chiefly attributive. ΚΠ 1991 Computer Reseller News 21 Oct. (News section) 238 Making the [software] packages affordable for the ‘man on the street, and the small office, home office (SOHO) market’. 1994 Computing 3 Mar. 22/3 It has been unable to completely fulfil orders from any of its chosen sectors, from SoHo to corporates, over the past nine months. 2001 Independent 1 May (Review section) 4/4 So, while the quintessential e-lancer is a ‘SoHo’ worker—self-employed and working from home—remote workers for large organisations are also e-lancers. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sohov. 1. intransitive. To shout or cry ‘soho!’ ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > signals > signal [verb (intransitive)] > cry hallowc1420 harro?1578 view1812 soho1824 yoicks1840 tally1886 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (intransitive)] > of huntsmen routa1425 hollo1613 soho1824 tally-ho1826 yoicka1828 yoax1828 yoicks1840 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) I. 186 Even May, the most sagacious of greyhounds,..would as soon listen to Tom sohoing as to old Tray giving tongue. 2. transitive. To announce the discovery or starting of (a hare) by this shout. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > signals > call or signal [verb (transitive)] > shout at warea1529 tally-ho1812 soho1834 yoicks1840 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (transitive)] > incite or pursue with shout > of huntsmen routa1425 hollo1608 hoicks1762 whoo-whoop1812 soho1834 yoicks1840 1834 T. Thacker Courser's Compan. I. 150 When a hare is found sitting, she ought to be so-ho'd. 1887 Field 5 Feb. 160/3 A third hare was sohoed near the river-side. Derivatives soˈhoing n. ΚΠ 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. I3 Heeres so hoing with a plague. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). sohoint.n.1 1. a. A call used by huntsmen to direct the attention of the dogs or of other hunters to a hare which has been discovered or started, or to encourage them in the chase; hence used as a call to draw the attention of any person, announce a discovery, or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > signals > cry [interjection] > cry soho1307 sa-ha1606 whoo-whoop1611 harka1616 hark away1737 yoax1762 tally-ho1773 yoicks1774 yoick1781 gone away1795 hyke1823 to-ho1825 yoi1826 heu-gase1827 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [interjection] > specific shout > in hunting or hawking soho1307 see-hoa1500 stowc1520 hoicks1607 loo1608 whoo-whoop1611 harka1616 stoo1673 illow1688 hark away1737 yoicks1774 α. β. a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 3712 So ho! so ho! We ben awroke of dogges two!c1475 Hunt. Hare (W.) 133 The yomon rode and cryed: ‘So hoo!’ And putte the hare vp with his boo.1486 Bk. St. Albans e v b And then So ho so ho, thries and no mo.1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 121 Mer: So ho. A baud, a baud, a baud. Rom: Why what hast found man? Mer: No hare sir.1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. M Hilario...So hoe birdes, how the eyasses scratch, and scramble.1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 205 Mr. Great-heart called after him, saying, so-ho, Friend, let us have your Company. View more context for this quotation1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxiii. 312 He ran to the Window, and..said, Hollo—So-ho—Groom—..Get me my Horse!1811 Sporting Mag. 39 142 The hills shall re-echo—Soho!a1822 P. B. Shelley tr. P. Calderon Scenes from Magico Prodigioso in Posthumous Poems (1824) 365 Soho! Livia, I come; good sport, Livia, Soho!1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities i. ii. 5 ‘So-ho!’ the guard sang out, as loud as he could roar.1307 in Bain Cal. (1884) II. 539 [On a seal, a hare in her form, with motto] Sohou, Sohou. 14.. Venery de Twety in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 154 Sohow is moche to say as sahow, for because that it is short to say, we say al wey sohow. a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxxiv And þenne he shall say thryes, so howe, and no more. c1485 E. Eng. Misc. (Warton Club) 44 The furst mane that me doth fynde, Anon he cryit,—So howe! So hoowe! Lo! he sayth, where syttyt an haare! 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxii. 177 Sa how sayeth one, as soone as he me spies. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 189 Lau. So-hough, Soa hough. Pro. What seest thou? Lau. Him we goe to finde. View more context for this quotation b. As n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > signals > [noun] > cry huinga1250 sohoa1572 tue1602 shout and cry1609 shout and hoyes1609 chevyc1785 gone away1827 tally1886 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > shout of huntsmen whoopc1450 sohoa1572 tue1602 whoo-whoop1611 view halloo1750 chevyc1785 hoicks1797 view1903 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > call > call or calling to attract attention hailingc1275 heyc1400 hoc1405 sohoa1572 holla1593 hoy1652 halloo1707 hail1811 hillo1823 yo-hoing1840 halloa1898 yoo-hoo1924 yoohooing1954 a1572 Dk. Norfolk's Laws Coursing in G. Markham Country Contentm. (1664) i. vii. 43 The hare-finder should give the hare three so-hows before he put her from her Lear. [Hence in Holme and later works.] ?1589 Whip for an Ape sig. A2 Such sohoes, whoopes and hallowes. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Reclame, a Sohoe, or Heylaw; a lowd calling, whooting, or whooping to make a Hawke stoope vnto the Lure. 1834 T. Thacker Courser's Compan. I. 167 The person who finds the hare sitting should give a clear so-ho. 2. = soh int. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [interjection] > other specific cries or exclamations oeOE heya1225 ouc1300 we13.. hac1320 how1377 how now?c1380 vaha1382 ha a!c1386 ha ha!c1386 hoa1400 ohoa1400 yowc1440 yoa1475 heh1475 hey ho?c1475 huffc1485 wemaya1500 whewa1500 wow1513 huffa?1520 gup?1528 ist1540 whow1542 hougha1556 whoo1570 good-now1578 ooh1602 phew1604 highday1606 huh1608 whoo-whoop1611 sessaa1616 tara1672 hegh1723 hip1735 waugha1766 whoofa1766 jee1786 goody1796 yaw1797 hech1808 whoo-ee1811 whizz1812 yah1812 soh1815 sirs1816 how1817 quep1822 soho1825 ow1834 ouch1838 pfui1838 suz1844 shoo1845 yoop1847 upsadaisy1862 houp-la1870 hooch1871 nu1892 ouff1898 upsy1903 oo-er1909 ooh-wee1910 eina1913 oops1921 whoopsie1923 whoops-a-daisy1925 hot-cha-cha1929 upsadaisy1929 walla1929 hotcha1931 hi-de-ho1936 po po po1936 ho-de-ho1941 oh, oh1944 oopsy1956 chingas1984 bambi2007 1825 W. Scott Talisman ix, in Tales Crusaders III. 230 So ho! a goodly fellowship come to see Richard take his leap in the dark. 1885 G. C. Bompas Life F. Buckland 330 ‘So ho,’ I said, ‘my theories are right’. 3. = soh int. 2 (See also quot. 1833.) ΚΠ 1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram II. iii. xi. 93 Soho, Jacobina, soho! gently, girl, gently. 1833 in Youatt Dog (1845) iii. 96 When the old dog makes a point, the master calls out, ‘Down!’ or ‘Soho!’ and holds up his hand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.21818n.31991v.1599int.n.11307 |
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