| 单词 | to mean by |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto mean by 4. transitive. To intend (a remark, allusion, etc.) to have a particular reference. With †at, †by, for, of, †to. Also intransitive in †to mean by: to intend to refer to (obsolete). Now rare.In the 16th cent. ‘to mean (a remark, etc.) by (a person)’ was the usual expression for ‘to mean (a person) by (a remark, etc.)’ (as in sense 6). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > mean, signify, express [verb (transitive)] > make reference to to shoot atc1407 mean1513 to have respect to1542 to intend at1572 eye1594 to turn upon ——1697 to turn on ——1765 1513 T. More Hist. Edward V in Wks. 55/2 That ment he by the lordes of the quenes kindred that were taken before. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 230v He saied that he would leaue..suche a successour... Menyng by Tiberius. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xix. 8 Gone is the Joy and gyde of this Natioun; I mene be James, Regent of Scotland. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 21, in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) I doe not meane this by the Princes wards. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 255 A flaunting hyperbole, farr beyond the merit of the party he meant it to. 1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 27 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1406 He..thinks everything that is said meant at him. 1753 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 15 Jan. (1932) (modernized text) V. 1995 They are convinced that it was meant at them. 1904 H. O. Sturgis Belchamber ix. 129 There is a young don in the story, and of course some one..decided it was meant for me. 1906 N.E.D. (at cited word) I wonder whether he meant it of any one in particular. < as lemmas |
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