单词 | what matter? |
释义 | > as lemmaswhat matter? 14. it makes (also is, †skills) no matter: it is of no consequence or importance; often with subordinate clause and now usually with ellipsis of the verb, as no matter. Also what matter? †(it is) no matter for: there is no importance attaching to, (the thing in question) does not matter (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be of no importance [phrase] forcec1330 no wardc1330 no strength1340 no forcec1369 no mattera1466 what force?a1513 no skill1575 what matter?1678 the game (play, etc.) is not worth the candlea1699 nix my dolly1795 what the hell1872 a1466 R. Taverham in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 322 Though my Lorde Cromwel hath taken..my yonger brother, as warde for the same enheritaunce that maketh no mater to me. ?1478 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 649 I beseche yow to sende me a hose clothe,..how corse so euer it be it makyth no matyr. ?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew vi. f. lxxi Thou wilt saye: what mater maketh it, if I speake wordes which I vnderstande not? 1560 Nice Wanton sig. Bj Tis no marter. a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) i. 360 Nob. To the church I trust ye wyll be obedyent. K. John. No mater to yow whether I be so or no. 1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. F1 How course soeuer the stuffe be, tis no matter so it hold fashion. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 323 Sp. Item, she doth talke in her sleepe. La. It's no matter for that; so shee sleepe not in her talke. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. vii. 66 No matter who's displeas'd, when you are gone. View more context for this quotation 1670 J. Cosin Corr. (1872) 25 Aug. II. ciii. 251 It skills no matter what Neile's atturney said to you. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 39 So be we get into the way, what's matter which way we get in. View more context for this quotation 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iv. iv. 38 Bell. My Patch, my Patch. Læt. No matter for your Patch. a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) I. 351 But no matter for the tides in the moon; it is very well if they have satisfactorily explained the tides upon earth. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 208 ‘He has lost the key of the trunk...’ ‘No matter; we can break it open.’ 1862 H. Spencer First Princ. i. iii. §21. 66 After no matter how great a progress in the colligation of facts. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 16 But what matter..from whom I heard this? 1903 A. Bennett Truth about Author xv. 196 He is terrible against cabotins, no matter where he finds them. 1955 L. P. Hartley Perfect Woman (1959) 87 They were in collusion. But what matter, since apparently he didn't care if they were. 1960 Honey Aug. 29 (advt.) No matter if they're sun-starved you can give even the whitest legs the bronzed, beautiful look that all whistle-worthy legs possess. 1991 Tucson (Arizona) Weekly 22 Jan. 28/2 The wine selection is token, but you'd be a dork to order wine here, so no matter. < as lemmas |
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