| 单词 | what's the row? |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat's the row? colloquial. what's the row?: ‘what's all the noise about?’, ‘what's the matter?’, ‘what's the fuss?’ Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > making inquiries [phrase] how so?a1375 what, how seemeth you?1485 what reck?a1513 what is the matter?c1520 what about ——1662 what's the row?1810 how come?1848 whassa1906 since when?1907 what'sa matter1935 1810 J. Poole Hamlet Travestie i. iv. 15 Polonius. You look stark mad, Ophelia!—What's the row? Ophelia. I've had a precious fright. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. viii. 123 Hullo! my covey, what's the row? 1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 357 Come to see the sport, and have a hand in what is going,—to know ‘what's the row’, if there is any. 1940 C. Stead Man who loved Children ix. 444 ‘What's the row?’ ‘Some son of a bitch wrote to that Forgotten Man that I married.’ < as lemmas |
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