| 单词 | write man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto write man man and boy adv. through or during both boyhood and adulthood; throughout life from youth. †to write man, to be entitled by age to call oneself a man (obsolete). †to man: to man's estate, to adult age (obsolete). to separate (also sort out, etc.) the men from the boys (colloquial): to distinguish (through a test or challenge of some kind) which members of a group are skilled or expert in something, or which are mature, fearless, etc. (sometimes used of both sexes).extracted from mann.1int.to write man (a) to write man (also to write woman): to be entitled on account of one's age to call oneself a man (or woman). Cf. sense 29. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. ii. 26 As if he had writte man euer since his father was a batcheler. View more context for this quotation 1672 M. Locke Observ. Ess. Advancem. Mus. 2 When I began to write Man, and had convers'd in the world. 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling Pref. sig. b2 All mankind is the Pupil and Disciple of Female Institution: the Daughters till they write women. 1781 C. Johnstone Hist. John Juniper II. 219 Just as I had written man; or..was of age. < as lemmas |
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