英语词汇“what do you mean by”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. transitive. In interrogative contexts, usually rhetorically (as in questions of the form what do you mean by ——): to signify by an action; (hence, by implication) to have as a motive or justification for an action.Usually expressing criticism or indignation.

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1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 91 I maruaile sir what you meane to be euer snarringe at me.

1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Fever Pestilence f. 12^v What meaneth hee by winckyng like a Goose in the raine?

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. vi. vi. 266 ‘What do you mean by running on in this Manner to me?’ cries Sophia.

1792 F. Burney Let. Jan. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 109 ‘What you mean by going Home?’ cried she, somewhat deridingly.

1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. i. 35 What do you mean by flopping yourself down and praying agin me?

1892 Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve I. 294 What, no top-coat in such weather! What do you mean by that, sir? You're wet through.

1926 E. Ferber Show Boat xix. 385 Nola darling, you've just gone gaga, that's all. What do you mean by staying down there in that wretched malarial heat!

1967 M. Glenny tr. M. Bulgakov Master & Margarita i. iv. 62 What do you mean by upsetting this foreign tourist?

1992 N.Y. Times 5 May d9/5 ‘What do you mean by going away?’ he asks the waitress. ‘How about suggesting an ice cream, or coffee, or some cakes?’

单词	what do you mean by
释义	> as lemmas what do you mean by —— b. transitive. In interrogative contexts, usually rhetorically (as in questions of the form what do you mean by ——): to signify by an action; (hence, by implication) to have as a motive or justification for an action.Usually expressing criticism or indignation. ΚΠ 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 91 I maruaile sir what you meane to be euer snarringe at me. 1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Fever Pestilence f. 12^v What meaneth hee by winckyng like a Goose in the raine? 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. vi. vi. 266 ‘What do you mean by running on in this Manner to me?’ cries Sophia. View more context for this quotation 1792 F. Burney Let. Jan. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 109 ‘What you mean by going Home?’ cried she, somewhat deridingly. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. i. 35 What do you mean by flopping yourself down and praying agin me? 1892 Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve I. 294 What, no top-coat in such weather! What do you mean by that, sir? You're wet through. 1926 E. Ferber Show Boat xix. 385 Nola darling, you've just gone gaga, that's all. What do you mean by staying down there in that wretched malarial heat! 1967 M. Glenny tr. M. Bulgakov Master & Margarita i. iv. 62 What do you mean by upsetting this foreign tourist? 1992 N.Y. Times 5 May d9/5 ‘What do you mean by going away?’ he asks the waitress. ‘How about suggesting an ice cream, or coffee, or some cakes?’ extracted from meanv.¹ < as lemmas
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