| 单词 | to serve the turn of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto serve the turn of ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > be a substitute [verb (intransitive)] to stand for ——OE to stand in a person's stead?a1515 to be in any one's coat1530 walk1558 to serve the turn of1565 succenturiate1647 commute1653 to hand the saw1654 substitute1675 surrogate1681 to be in (another person's) shoes1767 substitute1888 pinch-hit1911 1565 T. Hall in J. Hall Expositiue Table To Rdrs. in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. sig. .iiiv But how shall I knowe that Mandragora will serue the turne of Papauer, or Lactuca of Solanum..if I first know them not all? 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 223 As if there werena men aneugh in the castle, or as if I couldna serve the turn of ony o' them that are out o' the gate. a1876 H. Martineau Autobiogr. (1877) I. 57 Life is a long, hard, unrelieved working-day to us, who hear, or see, only by express effort, or have to make other senses serve the turn of that which is lost. < as lemmas |
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