| 单词 | true to form |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrue to form (also type) c. true to form (also type): (of a plant or animal) typical of a particular breed or variety; (also) in a manner that is consistent with the type or class to which one belongs; in a manner that is consistent with one's character or past behaviour. Cf. to run (true) to type at run v. Phrases 3h(b). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > accurately so named > of blood, breeding true?a1425 true-born1578 true-bred1595 genuinea1727 pur sang1846 true to form (also type)1868 1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants II. xxiii. 283 Galls..afford good, constant, and definite characteristics, each kind keeping as true to form as does any independent organic being. 1874 Philos. Trans. 1873 (Royal Soc.) 163 64 In two other specimens not figured, the relations remain true to type. 1902 Outing Aug. 622/2 In each case Gold Heels was the favorite of the people and in each case ran absolutely true to form. 1929 E. M. Crawford in Oxf. Poetry 10 Say he died true to type: and then erect A cenotaph; he liked to be select. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 1 Mar. 80/2 This was indeed a true-to-type Devon: a good, compact animal with nice fleshing and conformation. 1990 Guardian 15 Sept. a11/4 His post-university career which, true to form, did not follow the established order. 2007 Financial Times 13 Sept. 20/4 True to type, the man who has run the Irish stock exchange for the past 20 years is a colourful character. < as lemmas |
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