单词 | to feel the miss of |
释义 | > as lemmasto feel the miss of a. Disadvantage or regret caused by loss, absence, or by the deprivation of a person or thing. Chiefly in phrases, as to have (also find, etc.) (a) (great, heavy, little) miss of; to feel the miss of; there is no (great) miss of. Cf. miss v.1 19. Now British regional and colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > [noun] > disadvantage occasioned by missa1225 damage1300 loss1377 disavail1423 misture1563 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > sorrow caused by loss > [noun] missa1225 misture1563 earning1603 desire?1611 resentment1632 regret1695 desiderium1715 a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Lamb.) 234 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 173 (MED) Þenne hi cumeð eft to þe chele, of hete hi habbeð misse. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 262 Þer mys nee mornyng com neuer. ?1475 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 156 (MED) I have a grett mysse of you thys terme. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. i. ccxix. 279 These two kynges..bewayled the lorde James of Bourbon, sayeng, that it was great damage of hym, and a great mysse of hym out of theyr company. 1540 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) III. 205 Their shalbe greate myshe of ther absentie, considering ther towardnes and goode esperience. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 6707 Of soche a mon were a mysse þurgh the mekyll world. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiii. 230 Heywood being loth to call for his drinke so oft as he was dry..sayd I finde great misse of your graces standing cups. ?1608 F. Bacon Let. to T. Bodley in Wks. (1830) XII. 91 In respect of my going down to my house in the country I shall have miss of my papers. 1657 W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility i. 66 Leaving behind him a great misse of himself, at Padua especially. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. lxiv. 225 We know the miss of you, and even hunger and thirst, as I may say, to see you. 1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless II. xxii. 267 Agreeable as her conversation was, mr. Trueworth found no miss of her, as the lovely Harriot was left behind. 1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl I. vi. 154 The poor servants will all have a miss of such a master as your honour. 1807 A. Seward Lett. (1811) VI. 364 With such excellent qualities of head and heart..I think his professional talents will have no great miss of what are called the classics. 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss II. iii. viii. 124 I was determined my son should have a good eddication: I'd none myself, and I've felt the miss of it. 1901 ‘Rita’ Jilt's Jrnl. i. xx. 184 I'm thinking 'tis now you'll feel the miss o' your mother, my dear. 1922 Weekly Free Press & Aberdeen Herald 7 Jan. 3 They'll ken a miss o' hiz fin they come t' pey up th' bills. 1930 W. R. Spikesman in ‘Saki’ Short Stories Compl. 713 The M.O...asked no question but immediately sent him to the Base. It was a big miss, and I felt just lonely. 1986 J. Hibbs Country Bus ix. 123 The trip to the bank with the takings—a weekly ritual that men have felt the miss of, after retirement. < as lemmas |
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