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单词 happy event
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happy event
happy event n. the (esp. recent or expected) birth of a baby.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [noun]
birdeOE
birtha1200
i-borenessc1225
bearingc1275
nativityc1375
progressionc1385
gettingc1480
natality1483
naissance1490
falling1533–4
nascence1570
natitial1612
progermination1648
happy event1737
engendure1821
arrival1830
birthhood1867
interesting event1899
1737 King George II Let. 3 Aug. in Lett. Occas. Birth of Young Princess 6 Your carrying away her Royal Highness from Hampton Court..after sufficient Warnings for a Week before, to have made the necessary Preparations for this happy Event.
1758 Rev. Sixth Let. to People 53 He could not skip so lightly over his royal highness the duke of Cumberland's birth; to which happy event we are indebted for all the benefits we now enjoy.
1888 R. W. Felkin tr. I. E. Schnitzer Emin Pasha in Central Afr. i. 17 If twins are born, and especially if they are of the same sex, the whole village unites in celebrating the happy event.
1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon iv. 93 It seems..that we are expecting a happy event. Parturiunt montes.
1969 Times 20 Mar. 16/2 Aunt Juju, in her harping upon ‘happy events’..knows more about life and death than Hedda.
1995 J. Miller & M. Stacey Driving Instructor's Handbk. (ed. 8) ix. 293 Mothers-to-be are not invalids..however, they must be given some consideration particularly with regard to ensuring the happy event does not occur during the driving test.
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