英语词汇“old probabilities”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Old Probabilities

Old Probabilities n. U.S. (a humorous name for) the chief signal-officer of the U.S. Signal Service Bureau, in charge of weather forecasting; also in extended use.

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1872 Scribner's Monthly July 365/2 I shouldn't wonder if there were times when Old Probabilities himself forgets his umbrella.

1875 O. W. Holmes Crime in Pages from Old Vol. (1891) 327 No priest or soothsayer that ever lived could hold his own against Old Probabilities.

1928 N.Y. Times 26 Mar. 20/3 Fondly we salute the quadrennial reappearance of Political Old Probabilities.

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单词	old probabilities
释义	> as lemmas Old Probabilities Old Probabilities n. U.S. (a humorous name for) the chief signal-officer of the U.S. Signal Service Bureau, in charge of weather forecasting; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1872 Scribner's Monthly July 365/2 I shouldn't wonder if there were times when Old Probabilities himself forgets his umbrella. 1875 O. W. Holmes Crime in Pages from Old Vol. (1891) 327 No priest or soothsayer that ever lived could hold his own against Old Probabilities. 1928 N.Y. Times 26 Mar. 20/3 Fondly we salute the quadrennial reappearance of Political Old Probabilities. extracted from oldadj. < as lemmas
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