| 单词 | what took you ? |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat took you (so long)? b. what took you (so long)? and variants: ‘what delayed you?’ used (often rhetorically) to suggest that a person has taken an unexpectedly long time to arrive, or to do something that is expected of him or her. ΚΠ 1898 E. P. Lyle Don Swashbuckler xiii. 214 ‘What took you so long?’ ‘We had to fight for it,’ replied Starboy. 1919 H. Oyen Big Flat viii. 55 Where you been all this time..? What took you so long? 1960 Times of India 13 June 6/5 Mother! What took you so long? 1986 K. Sutcliffe Desire & Surrender (1998) 61 The newcomer..entered Stephen Austin's tent. Austin looked up. ‘What took you?’ 2000 P. Ruditis in How I survived my Summer Vacation 260 ‘What took you?’ the propmaster asked. ‘Costume emergency,’ he replied. 2010 Lowell (Mass.) Sun (Nexis) 11 Jan. Seven months later, he proposed. ‘What took you so long?’ was her answer. < as lemmas |
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