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单词 thereabouts
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thereaboutsadv.

Etymology: < thereabout adv. with adverbial -s. Of later appearance than thereabout adv., but now in southern English more frequent in senses 1 and 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: thereaˈbouts.
1.
a. About, or in the neighbourhood of, that place; in the district, region, etc. round about there.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > in the vicinity > of that place
thereabouta925
thereaboutsc1400
the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > there > thereabouts
thereabouta925
thereaboutsc1400
thereaway1551
thereaways1575
thereaway-abouts1839
there or (and) thereabouts1890
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xiv. 63 Þare aboutes er many gude hilles and faire.
1522 in W. Jerdan Rutland Papers (1842) 83 The noblemen belongyng to themperor that be lodged in the chanons howses of Paules and ther aboutes.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xii. 14 Theeues..there abouts do lye secretly hidde too entrappe them that came therabouts.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 6 Flies, Gnats, and Wasps, which the Fens thereabouts produce in such quantity.
1797 Dr. Burney Let. 13 Sept. in F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1846) VI. 121 It is the best house thereabouts..in a broad street.
1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. xvi. 180 A homeless dog, that haunted thereabouts.
1909 Times 23 July 10/1 In the streets thereabouts men and women gathered in crowds.
b. After a preposition. Obsolete. rare.
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a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xxxvi. f. xxxviiiv/1 All the other..departed all fro there abowtes.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 673 In the Countie of Yorke, and other places, nere therabouts.
1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders 427 The Town of Groll is not far from thereabouts.
c. figurative. About that; near to that state or action: see about prep.1 11c. Obsolete or rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly
nigheOE
well-nigheOE
forneanc1000
well-nearc1175
almostc1261
nighwhatc1300
nearhandc1350
nigh handa1375
nigh handsa1375
as good asc1390
into (right) littlea1413
unto litea1420
nigh byc1430
nearbyc1485
near handsa1500
as near as1517
mosta1538
next door1542
wellmost1548
all but1590
anewst1590
uneath1590
next to1611
nearlya1616
thereaboutsa1616
welly1615
thereabout1664
within (an) ames-ace ofa1670
anear1675
pretty much1682
three parts1711
newsta1728
only not1779
partly1781
in all but name1824
just about1836
nentes1854
near1855
nar1859
just1860
not-quite1870
nearabouta1878
effectively1884
nigh on1887
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 378.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. x. 29 I, are you thereabouts? Why then goodnight indeede. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Vanbrugh Æsop ii. i Euph. Unlace me, or I shall swoon. Dor. Unlace you! why, you are not there abouts, I hope?
1732 H. Fielding Old Debauchees ii. iv. 19 Haity-tity—Are you thereabouts good Father?
2. Transferred to time, quantity, quality, degree, etc. Mostly preceded by or.
a. About or near to a specified date or time.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at a particular or certain time > approximately
thereabout1297
thereabouts1561
thenabouts1589
some1595
hereabout1675
somewhere1839
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. viii. f. 17 Cyrus was borne in the hundreth yere or there aboutes after the death of Esaie.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 139 Which happened since the dissolution here in England, or much what thereabouts.
1769 E. Burke Let. 9 July in Corr. (1960) II. 45 The meeting is put off until..the twelfth of September, or thereabouts.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 10 From the year 1660 or thereabouts.
b. About or not far different from a stated number, sum, quantity, space of time, degree, condition, etc.; very nearly so; approximately so. there or thereabouts: see there adv. 14.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb]
somec888
aboutOE
thereabouts1413
thereabout1534
thereby1563
nearabout1567
thereupona1676
thereaway1815
nearabouts1834
somewheres1859
let us say1863
1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. xvii. 64 I wyl that man lyue in..tribulacion fyue thousand yere or neyhe ther aboutes.
1581 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1908) 5 20 William Tharley aged thirtie yeares or theraboutes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iii. 156 Fiue or six thousand horse I sed..or thereabouts . View more context for this quotation
1704 London Gaz. No. 3987/4 A lighter Bay, 13 hands and half high, or thereabouts.
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 210 In three Hours or thereabouts.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 17 Mont Blanc is 15,562 feet or thereabouts.
1818 J. Keats Lett. in Wks. (1889) III. 127 Write to me and tell me that you are well, or thereabouts.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 210 The pavement..was at the sea-level or thereabouts.
1898 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Jan. 2/2 You may be sure the original statement was thereabouts, if not quite there.
3. About or concerning that; = thereabout adv. 3. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in relation or with reference to or concerning > concerning this or that
hereofc1050
herec1175
hereonc1175
heretoc1175
hereuponc1175
thereofa1200
hereanenta1225
hereabout?c1225
herein?c1225
herebyc1230
therebya1250
theretilla1300
thereabouta1375
thereto1377
hereforc1380
thereanenta1400
thereata1400
thereuntoa1400
thereanentsc1400
thereonc1400
thereupon1414
thereoffena1450
thereatour1457
herintil1489
hereunto1509
thereover1535
hithera1538
hereabouts1584
thereabouts1592
hitherunto1635
hitherto1637
1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. L3v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) I would haue you to confer with my cosen T. R. there abouts.
1611 W. Sclater Key (1629) 306 Colour..cannot be said to be obiectum actu, till some act of sight be exercised thereabouts.
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §61. 298 Mens conjectures thereabouts are various.
1657 W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility iii. 178 He concludes a passage there~abouts in these words.
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