a. 如此的, 这样的

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.
13.

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 {Such character}, of the like kind.

And many other such like things ye do. --Mark vii.
8.