資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Such \Such\, a. [OE. such, sich, sech, sik, swich, swilch,
   swulch, swilc, swulc, AS. swelc, swilc, swylc; akin to
   OFries. selik, D. zulk, OS. sulic, OHG. sulih, solih, G.
   solch, Icel. sl[=i]kr, OSw. salik, Sw. slik, Dan. slig, Goth.
   swaleiks; originally meaning, so shaped. [root]192. See {So},
   {Like}, a., and cf. {Which}.]
   1. Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar;
      as, we never saw such a day; -- followed by that or as
      introducing the word or proposition which defines the
      similarity, or the standard of comparison; as, the books
      are not such that I can recommend them, or, not such as I
      can recommend; these apples are not such as those we saw
      yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to
      make them better.

            And in his time such a conqueror That greater was
            there none under the sun.             --Chaucer.

            His misery was such that none of the bystanders
            could refrain from weeping.           --Macaulay.

   Note: The indefinite article a or an never precedes such, but
         is placed between it and the noun to which it refers;
         as, such a man; such an honor. The indefinite adjective
         some, several, one, few, many, all, etc., precede such;
         as, one such book is enough; all such people ought to
         be avoided; few such ideas were then held.

   2. Having the particular quality or character specified.

            That thou art happy, owe to God; That thou
            continuest such, owe to thyself.      --Milton.

   3. The same that; -- with as; as, this was the state of the
      kingdom at such time as the enemy landed. ``[It] hath such
      senses as we have.'' --Shak.

   4. Certain; -- representing the object as already
      particularized in terms which are not mentioned.

            In rushed one and tells him such a knight Is new
            arrived.                              --Daniel.

            To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and
            continue there a year.                --James iv.
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   Note: Such is used pronominally. ``He was the father of such
         as dwell in tents.'' --Gen. iv. 20. ``Such as I are
         free in spirit when our limbs are chained.'' --Sir W.
         Scott. Such is also used before adjectives joined to
         substantives; as, the fleet encountered such a terrible
         storm that it put back. ``Everything was managed with
         so much care, and such excellent order was observed.''
         --De Foe.

               Temple sprung from a family which . . . long
               after his death produced so many eminent men, and
               formed such distinguished alliances, that, etc.
                                                  --Macaulay.
         Such is used emphatically, without the correlative.

               Now will he be mocking: I shall have such a life.
                                                  --Shak.
         Such was formerly used with numerals in the sense of
         times as much or as many; as, such ten, or ten times as
         many.

   {Such and such}, or {Such or such}, certain; some; -- used to
      represent the object indefinitely, as already
      particularized in one way or another, or as being of one
      kind or another. ``In such and such a place shall be my
      camp.'' --2 Kings vi. 8. ``Sovereign authority may enact a
      law commanding such and such an action.'' --South.

   {Such like} or {character}, of the like kind.

            And many other such like things ye do. --Mark vii.
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