| 单词 | by the name of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby the name of a. by the name of: called, known as. Formerly used with verbs of naming or calling (cf. Phrases 1a). to be known by the name of: to be called. to go by the name of: see go v. Phrases 2d(a). Also with modifying adjective. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called ycleptc950 nominatec1450 by the name of1472 named1532 called1538 nuncupate1548 nuncupative1548 christened1564 denominate1579 styleda1625 of the name of1728 onymous1775 appellatived1828 1472 Rolls of Parl. VI. 64/1 Grete Fermes and Sommes..by the name of firma Balliar'..firma Ballivor'..and sume under the name of Minute firme..the said Shirefes know nat wher ner howe to levye. 1550 R. Sherry Treat. Schemes & Tropes sig. Cviv Of ye thyrd, you haue the larger exposiciouns vpon the Gospels called by the name of thys figure. 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Epistle (1862) 36 Terming the cause by the name of Anabaptisterie. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. viii. 36 Passions that produce strange and unusuall behaviour, are called by the generall name of Madnesse. 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. G2 A nephew of his by the name of Maestro Santo. 1725 G. Berkeley Proposal supplying Churches (rev. ed.) 21 A charter for erecting a college by the name of St. Paul's college in Bermuda. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. iv. 168 This Barber, who went by the Name of little Benjamin, was a Fellow of great Oddity and Humour. View more context for this quotation 1841 W. M. Thackeray Second Funeral Napoleon 3 A grocer living there by the name of Greenacre. 1879 G. W. Cable Old Creole Days 26 A palish handsome woman, by the name—or going by the name—of Madame John. 1949 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 43 Suppl. 185 Any whale known by the name of gray whale, California gray, devil fish, hard head, mussel digger [etc.]. 2011 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Jan. 10/3 A secondhand compiler by the name of Didymus. < as lemmas |
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