| 单词 | things that go bump in the night |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthings that go bump in the night P18. things that go bump in the night: ghosts or other supposed supernatural beings, regarded as the cause of unexplained or frightening noises heard at night; (hence) something that inspires groundless or non-specific fear.The phrase probably has its origins in the rhyme quoted in quot. a1926, although printed attestation is lacking. ΚΠ 1918 J. W. Gill in Bull. School Oriental Stud. 1 46 To a people..who..believe in genii, ghosts, goblins, and those terrific things that ‘go bump in the night’, protective charms are eagerly sought for. a1926 Cornish or W. Country Litany in F. T. Nettleinghame Polperro Prov. & Others (1926) 7 From Ghoulies and Ghosties And Long Leggetty Beasties And things that go bump in the night Good Lord, deliver us. 1949 L. Hogben From Cave Painting to Comic Strip vii. 249 To go places with the magic lantern..the electric carbon-arc, to assure a sufficiently bright image of entities other than devils, ghosts, skeletons and things that go bump in the night. 1987 J. Franklin Molecules of Mind (1988) i. 20 We all have our allotment of shyness, stage fright, and things that go bump in the night. 2002 Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (Nexis) 20 Nov. 5 My furred friend shakes to the bone during ear-splitting thunderstorms, growls rudely at me and barks at things that go bump in the night. < as lemmas |
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