英语词汇“the right sort”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. colloquial and slang. the right sort: alcoholic drink, esp. gin; chiefly in a drop of the right sort; cf. Phrases 2(a).

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1797 M. Robinson Walsingham II. xliv. 303 ‘What will you take to wash it down?’ ‘Vy, a drop of the right sort, if you have no objections, master’.

1843 Changes for Amer. Notes iii. 12/2 Three poor women of the working class entered this gin palace while we waited. ‘Please miss,’ said one to the smartly ringed and ringleted barmaid, ‘a quarten of the right sort, and a three-out’.

1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. v. 100 ‘That's a drop of the right sort, I can see,’ said Grandfer Cantle.

1916 E. Phillpotts Faith Tresilion xiii. 132 In he comes, as weak as a new-dropped calf, and I pour a drop of the right sort down his neck and set him on his pins again.

b. With defining or distinguishing adjective (usually in the comparative). Also (in the right sort) with reference to one person.Frequently from c1550 to c1650; now somewhat rare.

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1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. C.vij Daphnoides called of the commune sort Laureola.

1549 E. Allen tr. L. Juda Paraphr. Reuelacion S. John f. 11, in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II The spirituall sort, which haue their lyuynge of the gospel, wherunto they are the most extreme enemyes,..a thousande partes more than the secular and laye sorte.

1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. I.j^v The yonger sorte, come pyping on apace,..The elder sorte, go stately stalking on.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋2 This is the lot and portion of the meaner sort onely.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 53 Lawes are like cob-webs which entangle the lesser sort, the greater breake through.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 210 Sometimes they were fined, and the younger sort whipt about the streets.

1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 51 The better sort here pretend to the utmost compassion for animals of every kind.

1842 C. G. F. Gore Fascination 15 You are one of the right sort.

1853 W. J. Hickie tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 691 The better sort...do not ask for money.

?1863 T. Taylor Ticket-of-leave Man iii. 43 But don't look glum, Bob, you're the right sort, you are.

1883 Daily News 11 Sept. 3/1 A little knot of those formerly called emphatically ‘the right sort’.

1914 G. B. Shaw Fanny's Last Play i, in Misalliance 173 But hes the right sort: I can see that.

1936 A. Christie Murder in Mesopotamia xx. 178 She's young and she's crude, but she's the right sort.

单词	the right sort
释义	> as lemmas the right sort P3. colloquial and slang. the right sort: alcoholic drink, esp. gin; chiefly in a drop of the right sort; cf. Phrases 2(a). ΚΠ 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham II. xliv. 303 ‘What will you take to wash it down?’ ‘Vy, a drop of the right sort, if you have no objections, master’. 1843 Changes for Amer. Notes iii. 12/2 Three poor women of the working class entered this gin palace while we waited. ‘Please miss,’ said one to the smartly ringed and ringleted barmaid, ‘a quarten of the right sort, and a three-out’. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. v. 100 ‘That's a drop of the right sort, I can see,’ said Grandfer Cantle. 1916 E. Phillpotts Faith Tresilion xiii. 132 In he comes, as weak as a new-dropped calf, and I pour a drop of the right sort down his neck and set him on his pins again. extracted from rightadj.int. the right sort b. With defining or distinguishing adjective (usually in the comparative). Also (in the right sort) with reference to one person.Frequently from c1550 to c1650; now somewhat rare. ΚΠ 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. C.vij Daphnoides called of the commune sort Laureola. 1549 E. Allen tr. L. Juda Paraphr. Reuelacion S. John f. 11, in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II The spirituall sort, which haue their lyuynge of the gospel, wherunto they are the most extreme enemyes,..a thousande partes more than the secular and laye sorte. 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. I.j^v The yonger sorte, come pyping on apace,..The elder sorte, go stately stalking on. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋2 This is the lot and portion of the meaner sort onely. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 53 Lawes are like cob-webs which entangle the lesser sort, the greater breake through. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 210 Sometimes they were fined, and the younger sort whipt about the streets. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 51 The better sort here pretend to the utmost compassion for animals of every kind. 1842 C. G. F. Gore Fascination 15 You are one of the right sort. 1853 W. J. Hickie tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 691 The better sort...do not ask for money. ?1863 T. Taylor Ticket-of-leave Man iii. 43 But don't look glum, Bob, you're the right sort, you are. 1883 Daily News 11 Sept. 3/1 A little knot of those formerly called emphatically ‘the right sort’. 1914 G. B. Shaw Fanny's Last Play i, in Misalliance 173 But hes the right sort: I can see that. 1936 A. Christie Murder in Mesopotamia xx. 178 She's young and she's crude, but she's the right sort. extracted from sortn.² < as lemmas
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