mille tonnerresint.n.

Brit.

/ˌmiːl tɒˈnɛː/, U.S.

/ˌmil təˈnɛ(ə)r/

Forms: 1800s– mille tonnerres, 1900s– mille tonerres.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mille tonnerres.

Etymology: < French mille tonnerres, lit. ‘a thousand thunderclaps’ (1831 or earlier as interjection; compare cent mille millions de tonnerres (1794)) < mille thousand ( < classical Latin mīlle : see milli- comb. form) + tonnerre thunder, thunderclap (frequently used as or in invective) < classical Latin tonitrus (see tonitrual adj.).

As an exclamation expressing annoyance or exasperation: ‘confound it!’, ‘blast!’, ‘for Heaven's sake!’ Also as n.

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1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xix. 148 He uttered a short, low laugh..; and, pushing through the atmosphere of sacrés and mille tonnerres..strode quickly to the door.

1873 Littell's Living Age 12 July 115/2 He entered into all the old man's devout fancies..while I, mille tonnerres! couldn't do it.

1875 S. A. Drake Nooks & Corners New Eng. Coast 390 ‘Ma fois’, ‘paroles d'honneur’, ‘sacrés’, and ‘milles tonnerres’, flew thickly as bullets at Fontenoy.

1898 Cent. Mag. Mar. 734 ‘I shall let thee talk no more’, he said. ‘But mille tonnerres! I cannot help thee to go mad.’

1923 A. Christie Murder on Links xxvii. 303 Even as we watched there came a shadow on the blind as of two people struggling. ‘Mille tonerres!’ cried Poirot. ‘She must have changed her room.’

1992 Times 20 July ii. 5/2 Milles tonnerres!..‘great thundering typhoons’, ‘blistering barnacles’, etc.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mille tonnerres
释义	mille tonnerresint.n. Brit. /ˌmiːl tɒˈnɛː/, U.S. /ˌmil təˈnɛ(ə)r/ Forms: 1800s– mille tonnerres, 1900s– mille tonerres. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mille tonnerres. Etymology: < French mille tonnerres, lit. ‘a thousand thunderclaps’ (1831 or earlier as interjection; compare cent mille millions de tonnerres (1794)) < mille thousand ( < classical Latin mīlle : see milli- comb. form) + tonnerre thunder, thunderclap (frequently used as or in invective) < classical Latin tonitrus (see tonitrual adj.). As an exclamation expressing annoyance or exasperation: ‘confound it!’, ‘blast!’, ‘for Heaven's sake!’ Also as n. ΚΠ 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xix. 148 He uttered a short, low laugh..; and, pushing through the atmosphere of sacrés and mille tonnerres..strode quickly to the door. 1873 Littell's Living Age 12 July 115/2 He entered into all the old man's devout fancies..while I, mille tonnerres! couldn't do it. 1875 S. A. Drake Nooks & Corners New Eng. Coast 390 ‘Ma fois’, ‘paroles d'honneur’, ‘sacrés’, and ‘milles tonnerres’, flew thickly as bullets at Fontenoy. 1898 Cent. Mag. Mar. 734 ‘I shall let thee talk no more’, he said. ‘But mille tonnerres! I cannot help thee to go mad.’ 1923 A. Christie Murder on Links xxvii. 303 Even as we watched there came a shadow on the blind as of two people struggling. ‘Mille tonerres!’ cried Poirot. ‘She must have changed her room.’ 1992 Times 20 July ii. 5/2 Milles tonnerres!..‘great thundering typhoons’, ‘blistering barnacles’, etc. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.n.1828
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