单词 | who cares? |
释义 | > as lemmaswho cares? b. To feel concern (great or little), be concerned, trouble oneself, feel interest. Also in colloquial phrases expressing or implying lack of interest or concern: for all I care, see if I care, who cares? ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > [phrase] > expression of indifference what reck?a1513 a foutre for1600 God pays1605 san fairy ann1919 for all I care1934 so what?1934 (I, etc.) couldn't care less1946 see if I care1947 (I, etc.) could care less1966 OE Beowulf 1536 Na ymb his lif cearað. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 40 Sare mei an oðer of hire flucht carien. c1300 Beket 1573 Ich wole sigge..whi ich carie so. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 11675 I care mare for a-noþer þing. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xii. 112 Ye nede not to care, If ye folow my sawe. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. ix. 20 As for the Asses..care not thou for them for they are founde. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Sam. xviii. 3 Neither if halfe of vs die will they care for vs. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 173 Those that care to keepe your Royall Person. View more context for this quotation 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. I. vi. 68 I didn't exactly like the feel of it, but ‘Who cares’, sez I to myself. 1852 F. W. Faber Jesus & Mary (ed. 2) 186 Labour is sweet, for Thou hast toiled, And care is light, for Thou hast cared. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 421 He cared only..for his own interests. 1856 Harper's Mag. Sept. 561/2 Who cares? 1931 Maclean's 15 Dec. 24/2 ‘I'll be killed,’ the man gasped. ‘Who cares?’ was the brutal reply. 1934 J. Hilton Good-bye, Mr. Chips viii. 55 You can go to blazes for all I care. 1947 V. M. Axline Play Therapy 356 Fall on the floor, damn you! See if I care. < as lemmas |
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