| 单词 | once in a lifetime |
| 释义 | > as lemmasonce in a lifetime P10. once in a lifetime: only once in a person's life (often used hyperbolically). ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > on one occasion > once only onceOE oncec1400 and away1562 once and away1574 for once and all1791–3 once in a lifetime1838 1769 J. Cook Voy. round World July (1893) 93 This method of Tattowing I shall now describe... As this is a painful operation, especially the Tattowing their Buttocks, it is performed but once in their Life times.] 1838 H. W. Longfellow Jrnl. 26 Mar. in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1886) I. xix. 282 The great wonder-flowers bloom but once in a lifetime; as marriage and death. 1874 M. Collins Transmigr. III. xviii. 271 That delicious unrecordable nonsense which some people fancy can only be talked once in a life-time. 1908 W. B. Yeats & Lady Gregory Unicorn from Stars iii. 122 There is a fiery moment, perhaps once in a lifetime, and in that moment we see the only thing that matters. 1994 Cape Cod Outdoors Summer 29/2 Catching a 50 pounder is the holy grail of every dedicated bassman, who hopes and prays to manage the feat once in a lifetime. < as lemmas |
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