| 单词 | you-know-what |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyou-know-what (a) you-know-what: used in place of something the speaker is unable or does not care to specify. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown > where name is deliberately suppressed you wot what1536 you-know-what1564 you-know-who1580 somebody1609 layer-over1699 thingy1927 how's your father1959 what-not1964 1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Fever Pestilence f. 14v The firste [thing] was, his greate surfettes in banqueting: the second his watchyng at Chesse and Cardes, the thirde you knowe what, Venus, Venus, God wote. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 165 Who made a general Council regulate Mens catching Women by the—you know what. 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 7 Oct. (1948) I. 47 They may talk of the you know what; but, gad, if it had not been for that, I should never have been able to get the access I have had. 1857 Commerc. Trav. Mag. 2 240 First give me, Marguerite, just a little drop of you know what. I'm quite husky. 1869 A. Trollope Phineas Finn I. x. 84 She told me once..it would lead to my being everlastingly—you know what. She isn't so squeamish as I am, and said it out. 1949 C. Beaton Diary Nov. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xvii. 228 There was I, trying to get the trays ready for everybody—with Marguerite in bed ill having her you-know-whats. 1975 E. Clinton Benefit of Doubt (1983) 81 You-know-who would be very you-know-what. 1981 ‘Q. Crisp’ How to become Virgin vi. 81 Since neither I nor Mr. Hurt..flashed you-know-what before the cameras..we might both by modern standards be considered old-fashioned. 2007 Orange Coast May 338/2 Relationships are a pain in the you-know-what. < as lemmas |
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