英语词汇“now you see it , now you don't”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P24. now you see it (also him, her, me, etc.), now you don't: (a) used by conjurors as an exclamation when performing tricks in which items vanish (and reappear); (also) used with reference to such tricks or, more generally, to sleight of hand; (b) used to refer to something or someone disappearing suddenly or mysteriously, or, more generally, to changeability or transience. Also attributive.

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1841 N.Y. Herald 9 Nov. 1/3 Three [thimble players]..were arrested..on a charge of cheating..in the process of their scientific game of ‘now you see it, now you don't’.

1855 Age (Melbourne) 15 Mar. 4/5 What a change has come o'er thy great colonial mind! Like Punch and Judy,—now you see it, and now you don't! To-day this, to-morrow that!

1860 Knickerbocker Sept. 278 Now you see it under this thimble, and now you don't; and now you see it, and now you don't.

1901 Overland Monthly June 1061/1 Here and there a rabbit wobbled across the dusty road, disappearing among the ferns and bushes only to be seen again at the next turn—like the magician's toy; now you see it, now you don't.

1939 San Antonio (Texas) Light 21 June 4 b/6 Another ‘now-you-see-it-now-you-don't’ idea.

1967 T. Stoppard Rosencrantz & Guildenstern ii. 62 It's just a man failing to reappear, that's all—now you see him, now you don't.

1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 June 47/2 Technical wizardry and now-you-see-it-now-you-don't fantasy are central to the entertainment.

2008 Irish Times (Nexis) 5 Feb. 5 Everything is variable [in our health service]: time, theory, policy, direction. Now you see it, now you don't.

单词	now you see it , now you don't
释义	> as lemmas now you see it (also him, her, me, etc.), now you don't P24. now you see it (also him, her, me, etc.), now you don't: (a) used by conjurors as an exclamation when performing tricks in which items vanish (and reappear); (also) used with reference to such tricks or, more generally, to sleight of hand; (b) used to refer to something or someone disappearing suddenly or mysteriously, or, more generally, to changeability or transience. Also attributive. ΚΠ 1841 N.Y. Herald 9 Nov. 1/3 Three [thimble players]..were arrested..on a charge of cheating..in the process of their scientific game of ‘now you see it, now you don't’. 1855 Age (Melbourne) 15 Mar. 4/5 What a change has come o'er thy great colonial mind! Like Punch and Judy,—now you see it, and now you don't! To-day this, to-morrow that! 1860 Knickerbocker Sept. 278 Now you see it under this thimble, and now you don't; and now you see it, and now you don't. 1901 Overland Monthly June 1061/1 Here and there a rabbit wobbled across the dusty road, disappearing among the ferns and bushes only to be seen again at the next turn—like the magician's toy; now you see it, now you don't. 1939 San Antonio (Texas) Light 21 June 4 b/6 Another ‘now-you-see-it-now-you-don't’ idea. 1967 T. Stoppard Rosencrantz & Guildenstern ii. 62 It's just a man failing to reappear, that's all—now you see him, now you don't. 1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 June 47/2 Technical wizardry and now-you-see-it-now-you-don't fantasy are central to the entertainment. 2008 Irish Times (Nexis) 5 Feb. 5 Everything is variable [in our health service]: time, theory, policy, direction. Now you see it, now you don't. extracted from seev. < as lemmas
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