| 单词 | what's in a name? |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat's in a name? P9. what's in a name?: used rhetorically to suggest that a name is unimportant or tells one nothing about the true nature of its referent. ΚΠ 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 86 Whats in a name? That which we call a Rose, By any other name would smell as sweet. View more context for this quotation 1798 W. Wordsworth Peter Bell in Poet. Wks. (1895) 236 (heading) What's in a ‘name’? 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 578 Shakespeares were as common as Murphies. What's in a name? 1935 L. Charteris Saint in N.Y. viii. 253 What's in a name?—as the actress said to the bishop when he told her that she reminded him of Aspasia. 1996 N. Maraire Zenzele iii. 37 What's in a name, what difference does it make if Katie is called Mai Farai, Professor Marodzi or Professor Marimba? < as lemmas |
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