单词 | such a |
释义 | > as lemmassuch a (c) such a: see (a). (Cf. German solch ein.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [adverb] > to this or that extent thusa700 soc888 asOE so mucha1225 such ac1275 as‥soc1340 thisc1460 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9422 For ȝet næt hit neoðer..þat of Vðere Pendragune scal arisen swilc a sune. c1290 Beket 1255 in S. Eng. Leg. 142 He þonkede god þat swuch a prelat under him moste beo. 13.. Bonaventura's Medit. 813 Þere was neuer womman bare swyche a chylde. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 42 Ther may noman finde The rihte salve of such a Sor. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) Prol. 3 Righte wel oughte us for..to drede and serven suche a Lord. c1500 Melusine (1895) 360 Sayeng þat neuer tofore they herd of suche a thing. 1606 G. Chapman Gentleman Vsher ii. sig. C Now such a huddle and kettle neuer was. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 128 Else when we put it to the push, They had not giv'n us such a brush. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 23. ¶2 He does not believe any the most Comick Genius can censure him for talking upon such a Subject at such a Time. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. x. 264 Thou didst ill to speak to such a man of such matters. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 436 The Prince declared that to avert the horrors of such a persecution was one of his chief objects. < as lemmas |
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