| 单词 | in heaven's name |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin heaven's name f. for heaven's sake (also in heaven's name): expressing entreaty, remonstration, or frustration. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > (originally) with reference to heaven by heaven (also heavens)c1540 by the welkin1602 for heaven's sake1631 1631 T. Heywood Fair Maid of West: 1st Pt. iv. i. 52 Interrupt me not, But give me way for Heavens sake. 1639 R. Davenport New Tricke to cheat Divell v. i. sig. Iv In Heavens name What art thou? 1730 E. Haywood Love-lett. on All Occasions l. 178 But for Heavens Sake deal now sincerely with me. 1765 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) I. Ep. Ded. p. x Go on, my Good Friend, dispatch, in Heaven's Name! 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. xiv. 283 ‘In heaven's name,’ said he, ‘to what purpose serve these abridged cloaks?’ 1830 Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 27 July For heaven's sake,..don't put that fat chub on the top. 1885 ‘E. Lyall’ In Golden Days III. xiv. 299 How in heaven's name did you manage it all? 1919 M. R. Rinehart Dangerous Days i. 8 For heaven's sake, hurry! 1990 C. R. Johnson Middle Passage (1991) vi. 135 Why in heaven's name had I not kept my mouth shut, or choked my luff, as sailors say. 2003 M. Kapur Married Woman (2004) i. 26 Don't cry, for heaven's sake. < as lemmas |
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