| 单词 | it is wonder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasit is (a) wonder d. it (or †that) is (was, were, etc.) no wonder: it is (etc.) not surprising; usually with dependent that- or if-clause. Similarly, it is †great, little, small wonder, it is very, not very surprising; it is (a) wonder, wonder it is, it is wonderful. †a wonder is to speak, it is surprising to tell.. †make it no wonder, do not be surprised at it. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > lack of surprise [phrase] it is great, little, small wonderOE no selcoutha1250 no ferlyc1275 (and) no wonder!1390 no wonder that, if, or though1390 what ferlya1605 what wonder if1667 I shouldn't wonder1836 small wonder that1913 wouldn't you (just) know?1919 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > expressing surprise [phrase] it (or that) is (was, were, etc.) no wonder1362 it is (a) wondera1400 the wonder is‥1608 you could (or might) have knocked me (etc.) down with a feather1740 think1746 for a wonder1782 to hush one's mouth1903 you'd be surprised1926 OE Crist III 1015 Forþon nis ænig wundor hu him woruldmonna seo unclæne gecynd, cearum sorgende, hearde ondrede. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 23 Hit nis nan wunder þah mon suneȝie oðer hwile unwaldes, ah hit is muchele mare wunder ȝif he nule nefre swiken. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9327 & tatt nass wunnderr þwerrt ut nan Þatt he wass wis o lare. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 378 & lute wonder it was Þat strange men in is owe lond dude a such trespas. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2215 Sore him greued his vene, As it no wonder nes. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 102 Ȝif schrift schulde hit þenne swopen out, a gret wonder hit were. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 382 Though god his grace caste aweie No wondir is. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 746 (MED) Wonþer was hu he diþer [read þider] wan. a1400–50 Wars Alex. 811 Þare slike wirschip he wan ware wonder to tell. c1400 Brut i. 1 Þere þey lyved in ioy and merthe y-now, that it was wonder to wete. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Aii And it is wonder that your wylde insolence Can be content with measure presence. ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Three Bks. Eng. Hist. (1844) 50 He went.. to the duke of Bedforde, whose arrivall, a wonder is to speake, how much it encouraged his owne frendes. c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) ii. 167 For he affeird, it wes na winder, His cursour suld him cast. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 168 It was a woonder, howe the corporall nature passed through the impenetrable body. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 268 It was therefore no woonder, if without the kings consent..he attempted many things. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. iii. 64 I must away to day before night come, Make it no wonder . View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxv. 219 It were a wonder there is no greater notice taken of it. 1673 Vinegar & Mustard (1873) 19 That's a wonder you have none of your trollops with you. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 100 If he has a Reversion clear of Incumberances, it's a Wonder. 1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. vi. vi. 639 It is no Wonder his Arguments should look asquint. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. iii. iv. 174 ‘No Man is wise at all Hours’; it is therefore no Wonder that a Boy is not so. View more context for this quotation 1860 W. M. Thackeray Lovel ii You consume more tea than all my family,..and as much sugar and butter—well, it's no wonder you are bilious! < as lemmas |
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