| 单词 | the second |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe second b. the second: appended to a personal name to designate the second bearer of the name in a succession of persons (chiefly sovereigns, or persons jocularly likened to sovereigns). Also (now rarely) used to designate one resembling the person to whom the name belongs (cf. A. 4 below). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] > one who resembles another the secondc1386 similitudec1405 likenessa1500 resembler1570 similar1653 resemblance1794 ringer1878 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > fact of being second > [noun] > that which is second > as bearer of name the secondc1386 c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 261 O Sowdanesse, roote of iniquitee, Virago, thou Semyrame the secounde. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 4 Henrie the secund rang into his steid, The emprice sone. 1558 W. Forrest Hist. Grisild the Second (1875) (running title) Of Grysilde the Seconde. [Meaning Kath. of Aragon.] 1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 44 In the Reign of King John the Second. 1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xviii. 165 ‘Dick’ Tattersall, or Richard the Second, the grandson of the founder. 1891 S. Smiles Publisher & Friends I. 29 John Murray the Second—the ‘Anak of Publishers’, according to Lord Byron. < as lemmas |
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