| 单词 | well a well |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(a) well a well c. Scottish and Irish English (northern). (a) well a well. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > as concession noweOE wella1470 yes?1530 ah well1534 well now1550 indeed1563 oh well1582 (a) well a wella1779 a1779 D. Graham Coll. Writings (1883) II. 56 Sawny. A well a well then good day to you good-mither. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton II. xiv. 182 The old woman tried to comfort her, beginning with her accustomed, ‘Well-a-well!’ 1868 H. Greeley Recoll. Busy Life (1869) ii. 26 A-weel, a-weel, dear John, if it maun..be a log-house, make it a log heegher nor the lave. 1898 D. Willox Poems 251 Tam simply wad say, ‘Weel-a-weel, I'll jist by your counsel be guided.’ 1910 W. Blair Kildermoch 119 Weel a weel, as I gaed up the banks o' the Minnow Burn. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xvii. 293 Weel-a-weel, a soo may whistle, though it has an ill mouth for it. < as lemmas |
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