| 单词 | to have one's rathers |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have one's rathers A choice, preference. Esp. in to have one's rathers and variants. Cf. druther v. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > choosing as more desirable > a preference preference1864 optation1874 rather1879 1879 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Aug. 232/2 Ef I had my ruthers, I ruther have Lucindy. 1898 Hartford (Connecticut) Daily Courant 19 Nov. 9/1 If I were an old soldier and had my rathers, I should like to sit in my faded old blue uniform. 1913 H. Kephart Our Southern Highlanders xiii. 283 ‘It matters not, so I've been told, Where the body goes when the heart grows cold; But,’ she concluded, ‘a person has a rather about where he'd be put.’ 1935 Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men i. ii. 49 Her tongue is all de weapon a woman got... She could have had mo' sense, but she told God no, she'd ruther take it out in hips. So God give her her ruthers. She got plenty hips, plenty mouf and no brains. 1961 C. Himes Black on Black (1973) 46 If I had my rathers I'd make up my own band. 2000 W. Berry Jayber Crow 280 I would rather, if I had my rathers, not be seen doing it. < as lemmas |
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