单词 | to have somewhat to do |
释义 | > as lemmasto have somewhat to do a. to be to do: to be necessary to be done. Hence what's to do?: what is the matter? †to have somewhat to do: to have something the matter with one (obsolete). Now regional. ΚΠ OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) iii. 74 Sio andetnes is to donne be eallum þam sinnum þe man awðer þurhtyhð, oððe an geþohte oððe on spræce oððe on worce. OE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) i. xi. 50 Hi..ræddon, hwæt him to donne wære. c1175 ( Homily: De Confessione (Bodl. 343) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 290 Nu sæcge ic þe her, hwæt ðe is to donne, hwæt to forletenne. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2949 Þe bettste raþ Off whatt himm wass to donne. c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 476 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 120 ‘We schullen do,’ seint Thomas seide, ‘al þat is to done.’ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 1651 Wreche to take hit is to done. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. l. 11 What is to rere or doon in euery thinge. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. l. 586 For God wate weill quhat is to do. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxxxix. 521 I can not beleue but that my wyfe hath sumwhat to do. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxlii. 357 If it were to do agayn. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. ix. 5 And little is to do . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. ii. 104 What's to doe heere, Thomas Tapster? let's withdrawe. View more context for this quotation 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. iii. 9 There was the Devil and all to do. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home iv. 61 ‘What's to do, old Bob?’ asked Dad gently, lifting him up to sit on his arm. < as lemmas |
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