单词 | thereaway |
释义 | thereawayadv. Chiefly Scottish and northern dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adverb] > in that direction thereawayc1400 up-along1959 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) v. 15 Schippes..commes þer away for to fraght þam with þat salt. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5102 Þare away to fare. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) x. 32 For giff the king held thar a-way [1487 St. John's Cambr. held that way], He thocht he suld sone wencussyt be. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Phil. i. f. iiv The more they are holden vnder and turmoyled hereawaye and thereawaye, so muche more they come forwarde. ?1565 Smyth that forged New Dame sig. A.i v Our lorde came there away. 1601 in Foley Rec. Eng. Prov. S. J. (1880) VI. 735 For such English as come thereaway to Loreto. 1724 Guthrie's Christian's Great Interest (rev. ed.) ii. vi. 207 Confirming the same by many mighty Works in Scripture tending there-away [earlier eds.: there-to]. 1793 R. Burns in G. Thomson Sel. Coll. Orig. Sc. Airs I. i. 2 Here awa, there awa, wandering Willie, Here awa, there awa, haud awa hame. 2. Of situation: Away in that direction or region; in those parts; thereabouts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > in a direction down along1525 thereaway1551 up-alonga1552 the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > there > thereabouts thereabouta925 thereaboutsc1400 thereaway1551 thereaways1575 thereaway-abouts1839 there or (and) thereabouts1890 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Piiv There be fewe warres there awaye, wherin is not a greate numbre of them in bothe partyes. c1670 W. Penn Let. in Life in Wks. (1726) I. App. iii. 156 Among the Carnal and Historical Christians there-away. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf viii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 154 All evil comes out o' thereaway..and we'll e'en away there. 1840 C. Fox Mem. Old Friends (1882) 60 The Duke of Wellington..in some mighty action thereaway showed his wondrous power in animating masses. 3. Somewhere about that (number, amount, age, etc.); = thereabouts adv. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb] somec888 aboutOE thereabouts1413 thereabout1534 thereby1563 nearabout1567 thereupona1676 thereaway1815 nearabouts1834 somewheres1859 let us say1863 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. i. 6 The three miles..extended themselves into ‘four miles or there awa’. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. xi. 247 Swaggering about the country..for five or six months, or thereaway. 1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 328 An old batchelor of fifty-five, or there-away. 1862 Mrs. Grote Coll. Papers 261 A hundred thousand pounds or there-away. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > there > thereabouts thereabouta925 thereaboutsc1400 thereaway1551 thereaways1575 thereaway-abouts1839 there or (and) thereabouts1890 1839 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch (rev. ed.) xxii. 277 The martyrs had been buried there-away-abouts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1400 |
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