| 单词 | thises and thats |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthises and thats d. As quasi-n.: a this or a that = one thing or another (in quot. 1656, one or other person of consequence); also nonce-plural thises and thats. Π 1656 O. Cromwell Speech 17 Sept. in Writings & Speeches (1947) (modernized text) IV. 265 A company of mean fellows,..not a lord, nor a gentleman, nor a man of fortune, nor this nor that, amongst them. 1866 J. Ruskin Ethics of Dust v. 100 You..begin to think that it is a chastisement, or a warning, or a this or that or the other of profound significance. 1895 Harper's Mag. Nov. 952/1 There were many thises and thats put together. < as lemmas |
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