英语词汇“sort of, o', a, sorter”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. (a) sort of, o', a, sorter, used adverbially: In a way or manner; to some extent or degree, somewhat; in some way, somehow. Hence passing into use as a parenthetic qualifier expressing hesitation, diffidence, or the like, on the speaker's part; also (only in the full form sort of) following the statement it qualifies. Chiefly dialect and colloquial.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > to some (small) extent

in (also by, with) measurec1225

in mannerc1425

somewhat1542

in some sort1556

in some (also a) measure1600

by somewhat1653

something of a(n)1711

(a) sort of, o', a, sorter1790

1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. 67 Its a fine Ewnin but its a sort a caad.

1839 F. Marryat Diary in Amer. II. 218 I bees a sorter courted, and a sorter not; reckon more a sorter yes than a sorter no.

1858 W. R. Pirie Inq. Human Mind i. 10 One is a sort of bewildered in attempting to discover what it really is which constitutes the obligation.

1833 J. Hall Legends of West 50 It sort o' stirs one up to hear about old times.1858 T. Hughes Scouring of White Horse ii. 34 He was sort of proud of them.1870 B. Harte Luck of Roaring Camp & Other Sketches 11 The rosewood cradle..had, in Stumpy's way of putting it, ‘sorter killed the rest of the furniture’.1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman ii. 67 I'll sort of borrow the money from my dad until I get on my own feet.1930 A. Bennett Imperial Palace lxiii. 509 I don't believe they sort of understand English people, Italians don't.1949 Granta Christmas 43/2 One of us had to do a big strong man to sort of separate them.1952 B. Malamud Natural 126 I hoped she would straighten him out and sorta hold him in the team.1958 P. Scott Mark of Warrior ii. 202 They sort of stared at the river a bit, then buggered off.1973 Art Internat. Mar. 68/1 I sort of use music as a connection to more of the things I want to be about.1976 National Observer (U.S.) 25 Sept. 17/1 He calls it the ‘Icarus Human-Powered Aircraft.’ ‘It's sort of a cumbersome name.’1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 283 They hung back in their breeching sort-of, ils s'appuyaient sur l'avaloir, si je puis dire.1952 M. Laski Village xv. 206 It just happened, sort of, and we couldn't either of us help it.1959 Psychiatry 22 293/1 Except I feel like, well, what you're doing anyway is just sitting here and saying all these things just to tease me and to taunt me, sort of.1976 National Observer (U.S.) 28 Feb. 21/4 And it is all those things, sort of; and yet it is a really fine book.

单词	sort of, o', a, sorter
释义	> as lemmas (a) sort of, o', a, sorter c. (a) sort of, o', a, sorter, used adverbially: In a way or manner; to some extent or degree, somewhat; in some way, somehow. Hence passing into use as a parenthetic qualifier expressing hesitation, diffidence, or the like, on the speaker's part; also (only in the full form sort of) following the statement it qualifies. Chiefly dialect and colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > to some (small) extent in (also by, with) measurec1225 in mannerc1425 somewhat1542 in some sort1556 in some (also a) measure1600 by somewhat1653 something of a(n)1711 (a) sort of, o', a, sorter1790 1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. 67 Its a fine Ewnin but its a sort a caad. 1839 F. Marryat Diary in Amer. II. 218 I bees a sorter courted, and a sorter not; reckon more a sorter yes than a sorter no. 1858 W. R. Pirie Inq. Human Mind i. 10 One is a sort of bewildered in attempting to discover what it really is which constitutes the obligation. 1833 J. Hall Legends of West 50 It sort o' stirs one up to hear about old times.1858 T. Hughes Scouring of White Horse ii. 34 He was sort of proud of them.1870 B. Harte Luck of Roaring Camp & Other Sketches 11 The rosewood cradle..had, in Stumpy's way of putting it, ‘sorter killed the rest of the furniture’.1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman ii. 67 I'll sort of borrow the money from my dad until I get on my own feet.1930 A. Bennett Imperial Palace lxiii. 509 I don't believe they sort of understand English people, Italians don't.1949 Granta Christmas 43/2 One of us had to do a big strong man to sort of separate them.1952 B. Malamud Natural 126 I hoped she would straighten him out and sorta hold him in the team.1958 P. Scott Mark of Warrior ii. 202 They sort of stared at the river a bit, then buggered off.1973 Art Internat. Mar. 68/1 I sort of use music as a connection to more of the things I want to be about.1976 National Observer (U.S.) 25 Sept. 17/1 He calls it the ‘Icarus Human-Powered Aircraft.’ ‘It's sort of a cumbersome name.’1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 283 They hung back in their breeching sort-of, ils s'appuyaient sur l'avaloir, si je puis dire.1952 M. Laski Village xv. 206 It just happened, sort of, and we couldn't either of us help it.1959 Psychiatry 22 293/1 Except I feel like, well, what you're doing anyway is just sitting here and saying all these things just to tease me and to taunt me, sort of.1976 National Observer (U.S.) 28 Feb. 21/4 And it is all those things, sort of; and yet it is a really fine book. extracted from sortn.² < as lemmas
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