| 单词 | to have a want |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have a want c. Scottish and Irish English (northern). A lack of intellectual ability; a quality of mental simplicity. Frequently in to have a want: to have a low learning ability or intellectual capacity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > be intellectually weak [verb (intransitive)] to have a want1823 to have a slate loose or off1854 1823 J. Galt Entail II. xv. 141 I will honestly confess to you, that I do think there has of late been signs of a want about Mr Walter. 1826 J. Galt Last of Lairds vii. 62 The whutch maid her jeer me as if I had a want, and been daft likewyse. 1879 ‘S. Tytler’ in Good Words 349 He has a ‘want’, you know, and is not fit for much. 1939 J. M. Caie 'Twixt Hills & Sea 15 Hae ye a wint, Or a' your gumption tint? 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. (at cited word) He his (has) a want aboot him. 1997 B. MacLaverty Grace Notes (1998) 30 She used to eat the tar off the roads in summer. Everyone said there was a wee want in her. 2005 Sc. National Dict. New Suppl. in Dict. Scots Lang. (Electronic text) (at cited word) [Edinburgh] It's a shame that she had such a bonnie bairn but born wi a want. < as lemmas |
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