| 单词 |
wise-like |
| 释义 |
wise-like, a. (adv.) Sc. and dial.
(ˈwaɪzlaɪk, dial. ˈwaɪs-, ˈweis-)
[f. wise a. + -like 2.]
1. Reasonable, rational.
1816Scott Old Mort. xiv, It wad hae been lang or my Leddy Margaret..wad hae fund out sic a wise-like doctrine in the Bible! 1818S. E. Ferrier Marriage i. xii, It wad set her better to be carrying a wise-like wean in her arms, than trailing aboot wi' thae confoonded dougs an' paurits. 1893–4Northumbld. Gloss. s.v., That's a wise-like dog o' yors.
2. Becoming, seemly, respectable, proper: esp. in appearance.
1820Blackw. Mag. Nov. 148 Talking..o thrashing ripe rigs wi' the west wind..may look very wiselike in rhyme. 1842J. Aiton Dom. Econ. (1857) 123 Make it something ‘wiselike’ and substantial, that it may remain as a monument of your own liberality and good sense. 1881Academy 15 Oct. 289/3 Jane..wice-like rather than pretty. 1894Blackw. Mag. June 754/1 He was considered by..many ladies of the parish to be a very personable man, comely.., and altogether a wyss-like man.
B. as adv. Fittingly, becomingly, respectably,
1822Blackw. Mag. Sept. 315 They ought to hire a chaise, and gang in till Edinburgh wiselike. 1841Fraser's Mag. Jan. 109/2 Dinna gang ramstam in, saying, ‘Janet, here's meal; and Janet, here's butter’;..slip cannily and wiselike in. |
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