| 单词 | well to be seen |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswell to be seen P6. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). well to be seen (also (rare) well to see): (of a person) good-looking, attractive. Sc. National Dict. (at weel adv., adj.) records the phrase as still in use in Aberdeenshire in 1973. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > specifically of persons faireOE seemlya1225 featous1340 jolly?a1366 tretis?a1366 comelya1375 covenablea1375 well-beseenc1374 favourablea1398 farrandc1400 personable?1435 well-favoureda1438 covenantc1440 likelyc1450 trety?c1450 tret1488 decore?a1513 jimp?a1513 wally?a1513 smotter?1520 snout-fair1530 well-looking1613 comely-looking1648 personal1658 comely-looked1664 winsome1677 tidy1714 good-looking1715 well to be seen1809 1809 C. Lamb & M. Lamb Poetry for Children I. 90 Well to do and well to see Were the parents of all three. 1815 R. Anderson et al. Ballads in Cumberland Dial. (new ed.) 130 To be seer she's a sarvent, but weel to be seen. 1902 S. R. Crockett Dark o' the Moon vii. 43 In person she was short, well-to-see, rosy-cheeked, buxom. 1953 Banffshire Jrnl. 27 Oct. Twa dothers were as weel-tae-be-seen as ony in the hale pairish. 1960 New Shetlander No. 54. 15 He hed a gud look at Tammy, an he wis weel ta be seen. < as lemmas |
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