| 单词 | what is he, she, etc for a |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat is he, she, etc. for a —— c. what is he, she, etc. for a ——: what is he, she, etc., considered as a ——, what sort of a —— is he, she, etc.? Also what for —— (as a modifier) what kind of ——. Now Scottish. ΚΠ 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Apr. f. 12 What is he for a Ladde you so lament? 1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 136 When the Lacedemonians enquired, what Xenophon was for a man, he answered, that [etc.]. 1657 tr. J. Buccardus Prayse of Peireskius in W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility 265 Consider..how many, and what for Epistles he sent to this very City. 1707 C. Cibber Comical Lovers i. 10 What is she for a Woman? 1708 Brit. Apollo 15–17 Sept. What are you for a Lover. 1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. xi. 273 ‘What is that for a Zenobia?’ said Hartley. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. at For Whitna for a man's that? < as lemmas |
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