| 单词 | the stars know what |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe stars know what (also how, etc.) P5. the stars know what (also how, etc.): used to imply something is unknown to the speaker, and probably also to others. Cf. God knows at god n. and int. Phrases 1d(b), Heaven knows at heaven n. Phrases 3d. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [phrase] > expressing lack of knowledge God wotOE God or Crist witec1175 Lord knows1614 Heaven knowsa1628 the stars know what (also how, etc.)1760 1760 H. Walpole Let. 24 May in Corr. (1960) XXI. 407 It costs the stars know what! 1862 H. Marryat One Year in Sweden II. xlviii. 170 Cicero, Marguérite d'Ecosse, Aristotle, and the stars know who besides, take part. 1885 J. Ruskin Præterita (1890) II. x. 243 The young Macdonald.., partly I suppose at his mother's instigation, partly, the stars know how, took a true liking to me. 1913 H. C. Barnabee My Wanderings xxiv. 275 The old monastery..built—only the stars know when. 2013 S. Monette & E. Bear in G. Dozois Year's Best Sci. Fiction 539 The idea of being left out here in the dark with the stars knew what made her heart jump like a ship's rat. < as lemmas |
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