单词 | good morning |
释义 | good morningint.n. A. int. Expressing good wishes on meeting or (less commonly) parting during the morning. Cf. good morn int., good morrow int., morning int.Prior to the 18th cent. less common than good morrow. In Middle English less common that good morn. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous expressions [interjection] > expressions of greeting > at specific times of day good morrowc1405 good morningc1450 morrowa1625 evening1886 afternoon1893 c1450 (?a1400) Sege Melayne (1880) l. 569 He wolde noghte say ‘gud mornynge’. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone i. i. sig. B Good morning to the Day; and, next, my Gold: Open the shrine, that I may see my Saint. 1678 T. Shadwell Hist. Timon i. 4 Good morning Sir: whither this way? 1735 C. Coffey Merry Cobler ii. 5 And worse is her Fate, To have such a Mate, That bids not Good-night or Good-morning. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. xiii. 457 He bade her good morning, and, bowing slightly to the Count, disappeared. 1834 N. Hawthorne Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe in New Eng. Mag. Dec. 451 ‘Good morning, mister’, said Dominicus. 1859 Harper's Mag. Jan. 198/1 Suppressing every exhibition of anger, and assuming an air of cold ceremony, he approached, and bade me good-morning. 1895 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Grey Lady (1899) ii. vii. 254 ‘Morning—morning!’ he cried. ‘Good morning,’ replied Luke. 1934 E. Waugh Handful of Dust ii. 82 Good morning, darling, what's the dirt today? 2007 C. Stross Halting State (2008) 68 ‘Good morning, Mr. Reed!’ chirps Fiona-on-the-front-desk. B. n. 1. As part of a customary expression of good wishes on meeting or (less commonly) parting during the morning (cf. sense A.). Originally in God give you a good morning; now chiefly in to wish (a person) (a) good morning, and (as an address) a good morning to you. ΚΠ 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande i. f. 4/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I They vse also ye contracted english phrase, god morrow, yt is, God giue you a good morning. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 1 You are wel overtaken Sir, a good morning to you . View more context for this quotation 1792 R. Bage Man as he Is III. lxxiv. 209 She then gave him a letter of credit upon Mons. Laborde, and wished him a good morning. 1827 S. Beazley Lottery Ticket 20 I wish you a good morning, Miss Susan. 1919 J. B. Cabell Jurgen xvii. 126 ‘I bid you a good morning, Dame Anaitis,’ said Jurgen. 1992 M. Cruz Smith Red Square 252 And a good morning to you. 2003 A. Perry Christmas Journey (2004) 51 Everyone wished Vespasia good morning and asked if she were well. 2. An utterance of ‘good morning’; a greeting or (occasionally) valediction using these words. In early use in †to give (the) good morning. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation > specific greeting or salutation dieugardc1380 good day?a1439 hail?a1513 good morrow1528 good even1534 how-do-ye1575 all hail?1589 good evening1606 ave1611 good morninga1616 how-do-you-do1632 good afternoon1771 recollections1816 chin chin1822 chi-hike1859 cheero1909 wagwan1983 a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. iii. 59 Our deere Sonne, When you haue giuen good morning to your Mistris, Attend the Queene, and vs. View more context for this quotation 1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless I. xxi. 268 In going out, he saw mr. [sic] Goodman in the parlour, who gave him the good morning as he passed. 1822 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 423/2 Nothing can be more wretchedly tame than to accost an Englishman in Florence with a good morning. 1883 Cent. Mag. Aug. 487/2 They cheep a good-morning to one another in soft, cheerful voices. 1941 C. Brackett & B. Wilder Ball of Fire (film script) 10 There are good-mornings from the Professors. 1974 A. Tyler Celestial Navigation iv. 88 Did she know how much courage went into his daily good morning? 1998 A. Hollinghurst Spell (1999) ix. 107 He met young Barry's curious, doubting look with the blandest ‘Good morning’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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