| 单词 | goodnight kiss |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgoodnight kiss Done as an expression of good wishes or affection on parting at night or before going to bed; (also more generally) taking place last thing at night or immediately before going to bed. Esp. in goodnight kiss. ΚΠ 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III lxxxvi. 48 Or chirps the grasshopper one good-night carol more. 1822 B. Hofland Tales of Manor II. 94 A morning smile or a good-night kiss, were nearly all in his power to bestow. 1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice lxv. 377 Give me a good-night kiss. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 382 In such prelude old, such good-night ditty to Peleus. 1929 N. Coward Last Dance in B. Day N. Coward: Compl. Lyrics (1998) 107/2 Just a slight dance, One more dream-of-delight dance, Just a sort of good-night dance Would be glorious fun. 1956 Los Angeles Times 29 July iii. 31/6 [The Englishman] hesitates to ask for a good-night kiss. 1992 M. Bishop Count Geiger's Blues xlv. 232 About once a week, Missy told Carrie-Lisbeth a good-night story about Little Rabbit Frou-Frou and the Blue Fairy. 2006 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Oct. 31/4 They knew the narrator as the delicate boy who lies awake, anxiously waiting for his mother's goodnight kiss. < as lemmas |
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