| 单词 | to do wonders |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto do wonders a. A deed performed or an event brought about by miraculous or supernatural power; a miracle. to do wonders, to perform miracles. archaic.See also to work wonders at work v. Phrases 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [verb (intransitive)] > work wonders or miracles to do wondersc950 to work a wonderOE miracle1548 wonder1785 thaumaturgize1891 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > working wonders or miracles > miracle wonderc950 wonder-work971 miracle?a1160 mighty work1568 miraculous1836 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > event wonderc950 miraclec1390 marl1604 phenomenon1741 weird1814 sensation1860 masterpiece1933 wipeout1968 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John ii. 11 Ðis uorhte frumma ðara uundra se hælend in ðær byrig. 971 Blickl. Hom. 15 Eal þæt folc þe þis wundor geseah, his noman myccledon. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9499 Crist..wrohhte wunndre miccle ma Þann icc ȝuw maȝȝ nu tellenn. c1275 Passion our Lord 60 in Old Eng. Misc. 39 Hi seyden..Alle his wndres þat he doþ is þurch þene vend. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 125 By wycchecraft he schal wirche wondres. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xi. 43 With þat ilke ȝerde Moyses..didd many wonders. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 785 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 119 He couth wirk wounderis quhat way yat he wald. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bi For they se hym in his great miracles and wonders. 1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 17 He send His Apostolis and seuinty-twa Discipulis..geuand thaim also power to wyrk wounderis. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. vi. 48 You iudge it straight a thing impossible To compasse Wonders, but by helpe of diuels. View more context for this quotation 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. iii. §6 That doctrine which was confirmed by undoubted miracles, hath assured us of the coming of lying wonders. 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 155 They saw distemper heal'd, and life restor'd,..Confess'd the wonder. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles Introd. i. 6 The healing of the paralytic..was a wonder, for ‘they were all amazed’. < as lemmas |
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