| 单词 | in a million |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(one) in a million P2. (one) in a million: (one person, thing, etc.) out of a very great many; (a person or thing) that is very rare, unusual, or valuable. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > rareness > something very rare rare1566 rariety1566 black swan?1570 rarity1592 hen's milk1601 white Negro1631 rara avis1651 (one) in a million1685 collector's or collectors' item1910 lightning in a bottle1941 rare bird1962 1685 J. Crowne Sir Courtly Nice iv. 38 Not one Lady in a Million, whose breath I can endure. 1805 ‘C. Caustic’ Democracy Unveiled i. 11 A full blooded Jacobin was sent to Congress, in retaliation of the aforesaid Federal forgery!! But this is only one in a million. 1849 Ladies' Repository June 183 This leaves us one in a million, who does all he can to reach a condition, where true spiritual experience would, if at all, be possible. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. ix. 74 O Mrs. Higden, Mrs. Higden, you was a woman and a mother and a mangler in a million million!] 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim viii. 99 The occasion was obscure, insignificant—what you will: a lost youngster, one in a million—but then he was one of us. 1906 E. Nesbit Railway Children xiii. 288 Take care of your Mother... She's a woman in a million. 1925 P. G. Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves i. 30 You know, Jeeves, you're by way of being rather a topper... One in a million, by Jove! 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Feb. 96/3 Emily was, of course, a chimp..in a million. 1987 New Yorker 26 Jan. 24/3 She has sent me a catalogue that informs me, on its cover, ‘You're one in a million!’ 1998 Daily Tel. 3 Nov. 3/3 Julie did indeed have a virus. Unluckily she was among the one in a million in whom it attacks the heart. < as lemmas |
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