mister
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
Alternative spelling of Mister, especially when used as a form of address without a name.
You may sit here, mister.
You keep away from my wife, mister.
Fine day to see sights, gentlemen. Well, misters, here's the railing round the ground, and there's the paling round the tomb, eight feet deep, six feet long, and three feet wide.
- 2.
A man.
There are too many misters and not enough sisters up in this club tonight, for my taste.
- 3.
(obsolete)Someone's business or function; an occupation, employment, trade.
- 4.
(archaic, dialectal)(now rare, dialectal) A kind, type of.
- 5.
(obsolete)Need (of something).
- 6.
(obsolete)Necessity; the necessary time.
- 7.
A device that makes or sprays mist.
Odessa D. uses a mister Sunday to fight the 106-degree heat at a NASCAR race in Fontana, California.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(ambitransitive)To address by the title of "mister". [from 18th c.]
1837-39, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist “Hush! hush! Mr. Sikes,” said the Jew, trembling; “don’t speak so loud!” “None of your mistering,” replied the ruffian; “you always mean mischief when you come that. You know my name: out with it! I shan’t disgrace it when the time comes.”
- 2.
(impersonal, obsolete)To be necessary; to matter.
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master Unaccented variant of master, attested since the 15th century.