| 单词 | sunday child |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSunday child Sunday child n. (also Sunday's child) [compare Middle Low German sondageskint, German Sonntagskind (1715 or earlier)] a child born on Sunday, popularly believed to be greatly blessed or favoured; (hence) a lucky or apparently blessed person. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > good fortune > fortunate person or thing > fortunate person Sunday daughtera1350 white hen1540 fortunateling1605 fortunate1615 lucky dog1682 Sunday child1800 tin-back1899 1800 C. Smith tr. A. von Kotzebue Count of Burgundy i. iii. 6 True you are a Sunday's child. 1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances of West of Eng. 237 Sunday's child is full of grace. 1886 C. M. Yonge Chantry House I. i. 8 He was punished for ‘telling fibs’, though the housemaid used to speak..of his being a ‘Sunday child’. 1935 E. Farjeon Nursery in Nineties iv. iv. 178 The girl, a Sunday-child, arrived on February 13th, 1881. 1959 L. Korngold in B. G. Carroll Last Prodigy (1997) xxiii. 365 Korngold in his youth was a Sunday child. He was happy in his art going from success to success, and happy in his human relationships. 2002 Northern Echo (Electronic ed.) 22 Jan. 18 The baby was awaiting his moment, a Sunday's child, it was to transpire. < as lemmas |
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