英语词汇“to tap one's heels three times”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

U.S. to tap one's heels together: (with reference or allusion to The Wizard of Oz: see note) used to indicate or emphasize a fervent wish or strong desire for a particular event, occurrence, outcome, etc. (esp. one which seems unlikely or impossible). Also to tap one's heels (together) three times. Cf. to click one's heels together at click v.¹ 4c. [In the 1939 U.S. film The Wizard of Oz (and the 1900 book by L. Frank Baum on which it is based), the main character Dorothy must tap her heels together three times in order for her wish to return home to Kansas from the Land of Oz to be granted; compare:

1939 N. Langley et al. Wizard of Oz (film script) (1989) 160 Close your eyes, and tap your heels together three times.

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1971 Art Direct. Nov. 53/3 Becoming an Art Director requires more than tapping your heels together twice somewhere in the country.

1979 Daily Herald (Chicago) 5 Dec. ii. 6/4 I'm not suggesting that they have Carson Cumulus tap his heels together three times and recite over and over, ‘There's no place like home, there's no place like home,’ before good witch Lugulbanda sends him back to Kansas.

1986 Brownfield (Texas) News 16 Feb. a6/4 Maybe if I try real hard and tap my heels three times I can think of some positive functions.

2004 News-Jrnl. (Daytona Beach, Florida) (Nexis) 4 Sept. 1 b The GOP believe if we wish hard enough for a robust economy, we can make it so. And anyone who doesn't..cross their fingers and tap their heels together three times is somehow less of a person.

2010 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 2 Mar. (Sports Final ed.) (Sports section) 59 A baseball broadcaster cannot close his eyes, tap his heels together and suddenly transform a loser into a winner.

单词	to tap one's heels three times
释义	> as lemmas to tap one's heels (together) three times U.S. to tap one's heels together: (with reference or allusion to The Wizard of Oz: see note) used to indicate or emphasize a fervent wish or strong desire for a particular event, occurrence, outcome, etc. (esp. one which seems unlikely or impossible). Also to tap one's heels (together) three times. Cf. to click one's heels together at click v.¹ 4c. [In the 1939 U.S. film The Wizard of Oz (and the 1900 book by L. Frank Baum on which it is based), the main character Dorothy must tap her heels together three times in order for her wish to return home to Kansas from the Land of Oz to be granted; compare: 1939 N. Langley et al. Wizard of Oz (film script) (1989) 160 Close your eyes, and tap your heels together three times. ] ΚΠ 1971 Art Direct. Nov. 53/3 Becoming an Art Director requires more than tapping your heels together twice somewhere in the country. 1979 Daily Herald (Chicago) 5 Dec. ii. 6/4 I'm not suggesting that they have Carson Cumulus tap his heels together three times and recite over and over, ‘There's no place like home, there's no place like home,’ before good witch Lugulbanda sends him back to Kansas. 1986 Brownfield (Texas) News 16 Feb. a6/4 Maybe if I try real hard and tap my heels three times I can think of some positive functions. 2004 News-Jrnl. (Daytona Beach, Florida) (Nexis) 4 Sept. 1 b The GOP believe if we wish hard enough for a robust economy, we can make it so. And anyone who doesn't..cross their fingers and tap their heels together three times is somehow less of a person. 2010 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 2 Mar. (Sports Final ed.) (Sports section) 59 A baseball broadcaster cannot close his eyes, tap his heels together and suddenly transform a loser into a winner. extracted from tapv.² < as lemmas
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