| 单词 | butonly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbut..only b. Limiting a word or phrase: only; = sense B. 2a. Formerly also but alonely, but..only, only..but. Now rare. ΚΠ 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 5 Another litil flode, whiche drowned, but the contre of Egipte onely. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxviii. 280 I had but alonely my swerde in my hande. 1598 R. Barnfield Combat Consc. iv, in Encomion Lady Pecunia sig. D3 They are indeed, but onely meere Illusions. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. xi. 6 He onely liu'd but till he was a man. View more context for this quotation 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 5 I finde but only two sorts of writings. 1682 J. Banks Vertue Betray'd ii. 17 Woolsey shall be king, I ask but only Seymour in Exchange. 1730 R. Millar Hist. Church under Old Test. iv. 501 Archelaus the son of Herod the Great was but only an Ethnarch. 1797 J. Woodforde Diary 1 Apr. (1931) V. 23 Having sold my Barley at 8/6 per Coomb. I recd. no cash but only a Corn Note. 1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 279 (footnote) Caring only but to catch the public eye with his coarse, presumptuous, ponderous, illiterate work. 1931 E. A. Wetherald Lyrics & Sonnets 215 You send across the hedge of reverence To me who see you only but to bless. < as lemmas |
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