单词 | who's who |
释义 | > as lemmaswho's who (a) who is who (also who's who): (chiefly in subordinate clauses) who is one and who is the other; who each of a number of people is, or what position each holds. Cf. what pron., adv., int., adj.1, conj., and n. Phrases 2b, which adj. and pron. Phrases 1b. ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 2001 (MED) Noman wiste who was who Ne which was frend ne which was fo. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 380 She saugh hem bothe two But sikerly she nyste who was who. 1598 Chaucers Dreame in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 361v/1 Neither knew I kirke ne saint Ne what was what, ne who was who. 1713 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 4 Jan. (1948) II. 596 I shewd the Bp..at Court who was who. 1860 E. Eden Semi-attached Couple ii Though she could not distinguish who was who, yet she had a right to say she had seen ‘the marquess’. 1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl 76 With the exception of those persons of art and letters who were celebrated in my own country as well as in England, I knew nothing of ‘who was who’ in London. 1961 R. Gover One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding 33 He don' know who. He say, Firs' time in any cathouse, how he sposed t'know who's who. 2013 C. Doctorow Homeland ix. 243 If you want to run more than a couple fake people at a time, you need good tools to help you keep track of who's who in your imaginary world. < as lemmas |
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