单词 | that is |
释义 | > as lemmasthat is a. that is. extracted from thatpron.1adj.1adv.n. (a) Introducing (or more rarely following) an explanation of the preceding word, phrase, or statement, or a modifying correction of it.See also that is to say at say v.1 and int. Phrases 2a, that is to wit at wit v.1 10b.In quot. OE1 with the verb to be in the plural with reference to a plural predicate. Π OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xviii. 317 Þas dagas sind gehatene letanię, þæt sind gebeddagas. OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 297 Seo oðer miht is castitas, þæt is clænnyss on englisc. ?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 7 Cefalaponia [L. cephalea], ðæt ys heafodsar, and þat sar fylȝþ lanȝe þan heafode. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 257 Efter schrift falleð to speoken of penitance þet is deað [read dead] bote. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 5135 Al walis & al þe march & al middel lond ywis, Þat is al þat bituene temese & homber is. c1440 ( J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (Thornton) in G. G. Perry Relig. Pieces in Prose & Verse (1914) 8 The thirde sacrament es callede ‘penance’, þat es, sothefaste for-thynkynge þat we hafe of oure syn. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. xxiii. 78 His lands..in all cases of felonie are commonly lost from him and his heires, if he be foreiudged, that is, condemned for a felon by the lawe. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes i. i. 4 in Wks. II Look to me,..That is, looke on me, and with all thine eyes. 1708 F. Atterbury 14 Serm. Pref. p. iii Little Credit is due to Accusations of this kind, when they come from suspected (that is, from Nameless) Pens. 1753 Discoveries J. Poulter (ed. 2) 33 They pike up the Prancers, that is, go up Stairs, and fisk the Lumbers, that is, search the Rooms. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xxiii. 440 Every animated being has its sensorium, that is, a certain portion of space, within which perception and volition are exerted. 1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies i. 43 Those who ‘intrude’ (thrust, that is) themselves into the fold. 1911 Southwestern Reporter 140 198/1 It has been frequently held that a public officer may not anticipate his salary; that is, that he cannot assign it before it is due. 2016 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 17 Feb. c4/6 Some comedy critics might call this ‘punching down’, that is, picking on regular people rather than the powerful. (b) Accompanying (usually following) an explanatory limitation or condition of a preceding statement. Π 1921 E. Wharton Let. 7 June (1988) 441 When people come to luncheon (the French, that is) they stay to tea. 1945 N. Mitford Pursuit of Love xiii. 101 I bet the Scotsboro' boys will be electrocuted in the end, if they don't die of old age first, that is. 1956 W. Golding Pincher Martin x. 155 ‘I think finally, I shall go into the Navy.’ ‘You!’..‘If they'd have me, that is.’ 1969 R. Hutchings Lucky in Jeopardy iii. 99 You'll be tasting it for yourself up at the House this very evening—if you don't go missing another meal there, that is. 1998 B. Kingsolver Poisonwood Bible (1999) ii. 177 Back home she could be a smart aleck sometimes, and how. When Father wasn't around, that is. (c) colloquial. that is (also was): added to give emphasis to a statement beginning with those words or the equivalent. ΚΠ 1862 A. J. Munby Diary 22 Mar. in D. Hudson Munby (1972) 117 That's wuss than a day's work, that is. 1911 C. E. W. Bean ‘Dreadnought’ of Darling ix. 78 That's exac'ly how it used to be. It's all right, that is. 1911 A. Bennett Card xi. 278 Well, that was a bit of a lark, that was. 1977 Film & Television Technician Apr. 4/2 That was the boom that was—and is. 2005 C. Newbrook Ducks in Row 93 That'll never work; it's just fantasy football, that is. that is (also was) (c) colloquial. that is (also was): added to give emphasis to a statement beginning with those words or the equivalent. ΚΠ 1862 A. J. Munby Diary 22 Mar. in D. Hudson Munby (1972) 117 That's wuss than a day's work, that is. 1911 C. E. W. Bean ‘Dreadnought’ of Darling ix. 78 That's exac'ly how it used to be. It's all right, that is. 1911 A. Bennett Card xi. 278 Well, that was a bit of a lark, that was. 1977 Film & Television Technician Apr. 4/2 That was the boom that was—and is. 2005 C. Newbrook Ducks in Row 93 That'll never work; it's just fantasy football, that is. < as lemmas |
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