单词 | wot |
释义 | wotpron. colloquial and nonstandard. a. = what pron., adj.1, adv., int., conj., and n. ΚΠ 1829 Caricature Title The Slap-up Swell wot drives when hever he likes. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. iii. 17 This is the drunken old chap..wot had offered..to make a hole in the water for a quartern of rum stood aforehand, and kept to his word for the first and last time in his life. 1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 29 Wot! wiv a chivey like that? 1925 E. Mannin Sounding Brass i. viii They're cheats, that's wot women are! Lead you up the garden and then go snivellin' around 'cos wot's natcheral 'as 'appened to 'em. 1949 E. Pound Pisan Cantos (new ed.) lxxvii. 50 I'll tell you wot izza comin'. 1972 ‘H. Carmichael’ Naked to Grave v. 60 He's going to have a tough job convincing the police he wasn't the one wot done it. b. wot, no ——?: originally (in the war of 1939–45) a catchphrase protesting against shortages, written as the caption accompanying a Chad (see Chad n.1); now also in extended humorous use. ΚΠ 1945 Sunday Express 2 Dec. 2/3 Chad is the Watcher... He peers over walls and asks, ‘Wot, no…?’ 1946 Times 1 Apr. 5/4 Mr. Chad probably went through a number of evolutions at the hands of a vast number of people before reaching the present state and can claim no one man as creator. ‘Wot! No father,’ it might well complain. 1950 M. Kennedy Feast 220 She drew a picture of Mr. Chad on the terrace wall saying: ‘Wot? No black amber?’ 1958 J. Townsend Young Devils ii. 16 A rusty drawing-pin supported an old Teachers' Union notice. It had scribbled across it ‘Wot, no money?’ 1979 K. Conlon Move in Game i. v. 64 Joanna sent a postcard which said, ‘Wot no tulle and confetti?’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2019). wotv. archaic. transitive and intransitive. To know. Frequently const. with of. (See wit v.1) 1. 2nd person singular present indicative αnorthern and ScottishMiddle English wat, Middle English–1500s wate, (Middle English whate, quat, vat), 1500s wait, ( vait). βMiddle English whote, Middle English woot, wot. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > know, be aware of [verb (intransitive)] wit971 knowlOE to be aware (of, that)a1250 wota1300 be (well) warec1325 to know of ——c1390 not to seek1569 to know for ——1576 to know on ——1608 to have cognizance of1635 reck1764 to be (or get) wise to1896 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > know, be aware of [verb (transitive)] witc888 underyetec893 knowOE acknowOE understanda1000 seeOE awitc1200 wota1300 beknowc1300 kena1400 cognizance1642 suppose1843 α. β. a1352 L. Minot Poems (1887) xi. 4 Þou whote wham I mene.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 3231 Wende in hye vnt[o] mesopothanye þere þou woot oure frendes wone.a1425 Shrewsbury Fragm. in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 5 Now wot þou wele of all oure wo.a1300 Cursor Mundi 766 Wat þou [Gött. quat. Fairf. wate] quarfor? 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2666 Ne þou whate never in what stede þou sal dyghe. 1423 Kingis Quair cxxix Lo, wate thou quhy? 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 241 Thou vat nocht quha is thi frend. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) v. l. 5247 Qwhar was God, wat þou oucht, Befor þat hewyn and erde was wroucht? c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xv. 99 Thou vait that ane man vil haue childir of deferent conditionis. a1568 in Bannatyne MS (1896) IV. 133 Thow wate nocht quhen that it will licht. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 8 Thryis als mekle scho reuis, That thou not wait. 2. present indicative plural αnorthern and Scottish Middle English–15, 17 wat (Middle English quat, Middle English vat), wate (Middle English quate), Middle English–1500s wait (1500s vait, waite). β Middle English–1500s wote (Middle English woteþ, wotin, Middle English northern woteys), Middle English woote, Middle English–1500s woot, wott(e, Middle English–1800s wot (Middle English whot). ΚΠ α. β. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 39 Þys clerkys..wote þat ys to wetyn.c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 51 We woot wel þat þe kepynge of largesse ys right herd.1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 2432 They..whot nat wher to saue or lese.c1460 Play Sacr. 334 Ye wott what I haue sayd.?1521 J. Fisher Serm. agayn Luther sig. Aiiij We woot yt that people of the Iewes was a shadow of ye chrysten people.?1533 H. Latimer in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xliii. 119 Ye call the Scripture the new Lerninge; which..is eldre than any lerninge, that ye wote to be the old.a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. ii. 86 Then you may come and see the picture..that you wot of. View more context for this quotationa1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) iii. 29 I have found out the true age..of the party you wot on.1657 J. Trapp Comm. Psalms xxxii. 5 Wot you what?..he hath confessed himself as guilty..as his man.1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xvii. 133 Wot ye not the indelicacy of an early present, which you are not obliged to make?1841 G. P. R. James Brigand iv There are more dangers around than you wot of.1874 J. L. Motley Life John of Barneveld II. xi. 30 ‘Don't forget to caress the old gentleman you wot of,’ said the Advocate frequently.1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1432 Ofte chaunges þe tymes here, als men wele wate. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14571 We wat [Gött. quat] mast quat er þai þar. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4729 Wel wat [Fairf. wate] yee Mi stiward ioseph al fedes me. c1480 (a1400) St. Thomas Apostle 172 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 134 Of pollucione of flesche grovis, as ve vat, giltines. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 142 Changeing, of men, yat wate the kingis secretis..may do grete scathe. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) v. l. 2931 As ȝhe wate and has herde tel. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid x. Prol. 66 Lik as the sawle of man is ane, we wait, Havand thre poweris distinct and separate. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) v. 25 Thai vait nocht quhat thing is the varld. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 58 Quhilkes to cal scheip or gait..we knawe not, nor wat we weil. 1720 A. Ramsay Prospect of Plenty 171 Right wiel they wate That truth and honesty hauds lang the gate. 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 66 Now wat ye wha I met yestreen? 3. a. 2nd person singular present indicative Middle English wotest, -ist, -ys(t, 1500s– wottest, 1500s wottst, wotste, Scottish wattis. ΚΠ 1448–9 J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes 360 Wotys thow qwat me thynkyth best? c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 45 I myȝte nat lyve els, þowe wotist. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. xxiv. 72 This knyght is a man of more worship than thou wotest of. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxviiv Wottest thou not wel..that euery shepherde ought..to seke his sperkelande shepe. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rom. Prol. sig. +iiiiv Thou woteste not what thou teachest. 1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued sig. A7 v For well thou wotste, if thyrsty were my minde..Then would I [etc.]. 1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 426 Thou wattis not quhat thou wald. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. v. 112 Wottest thou that Lucas de Beaumanoir..is now himself at Templestowe? 1844 E. B. Browning Crowned & Buried xv I would have The dead whereof thou wottest, from that grave. b. 3rd person singular present indicative Middle English wotis, 1500s woteth, -ith, 1500s wottyth, 1500s– wotteth, 1800s wots; Scottish1500s wattis, 1600s waits, 1800s wats. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 10506 He wotis þis haue i ȝernid ay. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1431 Lytill wotith the goslyng what the gose thynkith. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1438 Wele wotith the cat whos berde she likkith. 1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student xlix. f. cxix Yt ys therefore no synne to say he wottyth not where he is. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Baruch iii. E He that woteth all thynges, knoweth her. 1574 St. Avstens Manuell in Certaine Prayers S. Augustines Medit. sig. Ovv O kingdome without end,..where the day..woteth not what time meaneth. 1602 J. Davies Mirum in Modum sig. A4v Through which she wots what works hir woe or weale. 1633 A. Johnston Diary (1911) I. 81 Quho waits bot the Lord wil deal bountifully with his servant once this weak as he did [etc.]. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian x, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 279 Let her know that he she wots of remained here..expecting to see her. 1879 E. Arnold Light of Asia viii. 216 The ant wots of its ways, The white doves know them well. 4. infinitive Middle English woten, 1600s wote; 1500s wotte, 1500s– wot. Also subjunctive 1500s wote; imperative 1500s wot, wat, 1600s wote. ΚΠ 1414 Rolls of Parl. IV. 59/1 Which is gret doel to alle the Kynges trewe lieges..to woten of swiche meschiefs done and used withinne the Rewme. 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. zz.vi No meruayle it is yf than ye sely soule..wo te not what to say. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Ep. Ded. p. iij So that we myght wotte for the kepynge of trewe congruite in that tonge..how [etc.]. 1575 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucolics iii. 8 If so much thou know not, then, well wot, the goate is mine. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxx. iii. 406 Wote well, that ordinarily the water thereof is not good. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 19 Conscience, they called Inwit, as that which they did inwardly wit and wote, that is, know certainely. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain i. xi. 31 The..monarch full little did wot That she smiled, in his absence, on brave Lancelot. 1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids iii. 379 The other things the Parcæ still ban Helenus to wot. 5. present participle (and verbal noun 1500s wottyng, 1500s– wotting. ΚΠ 1523 T. Cromwell Speech to Parl. in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 42 People browght to extreme distresse and not wottyng how to lyue. 1550 J. Heywood Hundred Epigrammes xcvi. sig. Cvii Wottyng and wenyng, were those two thingis one. 1574 A. L. tr. Calvin Foure Serm. Song Ezechias ii He stammered, not wotting what to say. 1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 60 Well wotting that there was no such thing. 1817 W. Scott Harold iii. iii. 81 Hardly wotting why, He doff'd his helmet's gloomy pride. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xiv. 263 And neither the Queen nor Laertes the Elder were wotting of this. 6. past tense. 1800s– wotted. ΚΠ 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. viii. 175 That honest gentleman's terror communicated itself to him, though he wotted not why. 1853 Huxley in Life & Lett. (1900) I. 114 Having rushed into more responsibility than I wotted of. 1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness (1902) 217 He will see many things he wotted nothing of. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < pron.1829v.a1300 |
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