| 单词 | to do or perform wonders |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto do or perform wonders 3. A marvellous act or achievement. to do or perform wonders: to do marvellous acts or bring about marvellous results; hence gen. to do surprising things.See also to work wonders at work v. Phrases 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > act or achievement wonder-work971 wonder?1473 miracle1586 coup d'éclat1668 coup de théâtre1747 c1220 Bestiary 398 Listneð nu a wunder, Ðat tis der [sc. the fox] doð for hunger. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 5 This bok schal afterward ben ended Of love, which doth many a wonder. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 136 With strengthe he [sc. Nebuchadnezzar] putte kinges under, And wroghte of Pride many a wonder. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 188v In this bataill hercules dide wondres & meruailles. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 122 Where valiant Talbot..Enacted wonders with his Sword and Lance. View more context for this quotation 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 295 Don Sebastian did wonders in his own person, but overpowred with number, he [etc.]. 1727 E. Laurence Duty of Steward 207 Lay on Twenty Loads of Chalk alone upon an Acre, and it will perform wonders. 1731 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 270 The Millypedes or Wood-lice have a sulphureous spirit in them wch I have known do wonders on weak constitutions. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 23 For her the fancy, roving unconfin'd,..Works magic wonders . View more context for this quotation 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 87 Katterfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. vi. 111 Inspired by your ladyship's approbation, my steward has really done wonders. 1834 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Seine 192 Habit effects wonders. < as lemmas |
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