单词 | something like |
释义 | > as lemmassomething like 3. something like. extracted from somethingn.adj.adv. a. In some way like; in a way similar to; (more widely) almost, approximately; very nearly. In early use also †something like unto. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective] wellOE sufferablea1340 worthy1340 sufficient1489 paregala1500 competent1535 something like?1556 right1567 sweet1577 fairish1611 all right1652 fair1656 comfortable1658 decent1711 respectable1750 unrepulsive1787 decentisha1814 fair-to-middling1822 fine1828 christena1838 OK1839 tidy1844 not (or none) so dusty?1856 sweet1898 oke1928 okey-doke1934 okey-dokey1936 tickety-boo1939 cool1951 aight1993 ?1556 J. Cancellar Pathe of Obed. sig. B.iiii Yet Loth his wyfe being sumthynge lyke vnto Eue. 1560 T. Gresham in J. W. Burgon Life & Times Sir T. Gresham (1839) I. 310 Wherebye a maye meynteyne hymselfe somethinge like your eldest son. 1598 R. P. tr. M. Martínez Sixth Bk. Myrrour of Knighthood xx. sig. Mm3v Thou speakest something like a Knight said the Prisoner, but I hope to punish thee, for maintaining such false cowards as these are. 1666 J. Bunyan Grace Abounding §32 My great Conversion from prodigious Profaneness to something like a Moral Life. 1765 Treat. Domest. Pigeons 126 The feathers on the breast open, and reflect both ways, expanding itself something like a rose. 1798 T. Twining Let. 11 Dec. in Recreations & Stud. (1882) 231 Often have I heard you something like blamed for these voluntary labours. 1811 H. M. Brackenridge Jrnl. 17 June in Views Louisiana (1814) 251 The women..amuse themselves with a game something like jack-stones. 1883 Manch. Examiner 22 Nov. 5/4 The Parcel Post is being conducted at a loss of something like £10,000 a week. 1963 J. E. Keating Wreck of Deutschland 10 I noted something like fifty words or phrasings..which echo the Bible. 2005 Independent 27 Oct. 47/3 The sessions go something like this: first, apply mousse to damp hair. Then choose your rollers. b. Chiefly colloquial. Used elliptically as an expression of satisfaction: something which is of an acceptable quality or suitable to serve one's purpose. Cf. like adj., adv., conj., and prep. Phrases 6c(a). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [noun] > something which is approvable something like1580 recommendation1679 M.F.N.1942 1580 T. Lupton Siuqila 137 Yea marry this law is something like, if it be wel executed. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 sig. B2v I marry this is something like. a1652 R. Brome Weeding of Covent-Garden i. i. 1, in Five New Playes (1659) I Marry Sir! This is something like! These appear like Buildings! Here's Architecture exprest indeed! It is a most sightly scituation. 1702 S. Parker tr. Cicero Five Bks. De Finibus iv. 247 This is something-like! 1798 Geraldina I. 176 ‘This looks something like, Sir,’ said she. 1841 S. Warren Ten Thousand a-Year III. ii. 43 ‘That's something like’—said the man, rather more good-humouredly. 1869 C. Barnard Gardening for Money i. 17 Going to the tool-room I found one [sc.a hoe], and returned to my work. Now, this is something like. I can get on twice as fast. 1930 Oxf. Ann. Girls 103/2 Wouldn't it be a gorgeous way of welcoming a new pupil! Something like! 1954 Georgia Hist. Q. 38 325 He exclaimed ‘Ah, that's something like, Handy... That's what I call a good glass of Madeira.’ < as lemmas |
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