英语词汇“whatever-it-is”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

With whatever as complement in a finite clause used as a noun; chiefly as a perfunctory designation of something a speaker is reluctant or unable to describe specifically, as in whatever-it-is, whatever-you-call-it, etc. Cf. what-call-ye-him n., what's-his-name n., whatsit n.

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1834 M. A. Shee Cecil Hyde II. vii. 97 As for the mustachios, or whiskers, or whatever you call 'em, it's only my travelling trim, you see.

1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) v. 53 I forget whether it [sc. an inn] was the Blue Bull, or the Blue Boar; but I know it was the Blue Something... I couldn't hope to remain there when I began to starve. That would obviously be inconvenient and unpleasant to the customers, besides entailing on the Blue Whatever-it-was, the risk of funeral expenses.

1878 H. J. Byron Weak Woman i. i. 12 It is necessary we should have an agent, a man of business—a—whatever it is called, to see to our interests—to look after the estate.

1906 J. London White Fang i. ii. 27 ‘Never seen a red wolf before.’.. ‘Looks for all the world like a big husky.’.. ‘Hello, you husky!’ he called. ‘Come here, you, whatever-your-name-is.’

1915 D. H. Lawrence Let. 12 Feb. (1962) I. 319 The adventure into the unexplored, the woman, the whatever-it-is I am up against.

1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Fellowship of Ring ii. ix. 399 The whatever-it-was was coming along fast now and getting close behind Gimli.

1990 K. Amis Folks that live on Hill xvi. 176 A strongly heterosexual man whom she knows to have very serious designs on her whatever-you-call-it.

2008 P. Hensher Northern Clemency 91 She'd..give Nick or whatever-his-name-was a level stare..and, with leisurely disdain, mix herself a Dubonnet and gin.

单词	whatever-it-is
释义	> as lemmas whatever-it-is With whatever as complement in a finite clause used as a noun; chiefly as a perfunctory designation of something a speaker is reluctant or unable to describe specifically, as in whatever-it-is, whatever-you-call-it, etc. Cf. what-call-ye-him n., what's-his-name n., whatsit n. ΚΠ 1834 M. A. Shee Cecil Hyde II. vii. 97 As for the mustachios, or whiskers, or whatever you call 'em, it's only my travelling trim, you see. 1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) v. 53 I forget whether it [sc. an inn] was the Blue Bull, or the Blue Boar; but I know it was the Blue Something... I couldn't hope to remain there when I began to starve. That would obviously be inconvenient and unpleasant to the customers, besides entailing on the Blue Whatever-it-was, the risk of funeral expenses. 1878 H. J. Byron Weak Woman i. i. 12 It is necessary we should have an agent, a man of business—a—whatever it is called, to see to our interests—to look after the estate. 1906 J. London White Fang i. ii. 27 ‘Never seen a red wolf before.’.. ‘Looks for all the world like a big husky.’.. ‘Hello, you husky!’ he called. ‘Come here, you, whatever-your-name-is.’ 1915 D. H. Lawrence Let. 12 Feb. (1962) I. 319 The adventure into the unexplored, the woman, the whatever-it-is I am up against. 1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Fellowship of Ring ii. ix. 399 The whatever-it-was was coming along fast now and getting close behind Gimli. 1990 K. Amis Folks that live on Hill xvi. 176 A strongly heterosexual man whom she knows to have very serious designs on her whatever-you-call-it. 2008 P. Hensher Northern Clemency 91 She'd..give Nick or whatever-his-name-was a level stare..and, with leisurely disdain, mix herself a Dubonnet and gin. extracted from whateverpron.adj.n.adv.int. < as lemmas
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